CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT(3)  curl_easy_setopt options  CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT(3)

NAME
       CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT - timeout for the connect phase

SYNOPSIS
       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, long
       timeout);

DESCRIPTION
       Pass a long. It should contain the maximum time in seconds that you
       allow the connection phase to the server to take.  This only limits the
       connection phase, it has no impact once it has connected. Set to zero
       to switch to the default built-in connection timeout - 300 seconds. See
       also the _TIMEOUT&section=3">CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3) option.

       In unix-like systems, this might cause signals to be used unless
       _NOSIGNAL&section=3">CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL(3) is set.

       If both _CONNECTTIMEOUT&section=3">CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT(3) and _CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS&section=3">CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS(3) are
       set, the value set last will be used.

DEFAULT
       300

PROTOCOLS
       All

EXAMPLE
       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");

         /* complete connection within 10 seconds */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 10L);

         curl_easy_perform(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Always

RETURN VALUE
       Returns CURLE_OK. Returns CURLE_BAD_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT if set to a
       negative value or a value that when converted to milliseconds is too
       large.

SEE ALSO
       CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS(3),  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3),
       CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3),

libcurl 7.77.0                 November 4, 2020      CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT(3)