Manpages - CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE.3

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NAME

CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE - TCP keep-alive idle time wait

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE, long delay);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a long. Sets the delay, in seconds, that the operating system will wait while the connection is idle before sending keepalive probes. Not all operating systems support this option.

DEFAULT

60

PROTOCOLS

All

EXAMPLE

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

    /* enable TCP keep-alive for this transfer */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE, 1L);

    /* set keep-alive idle time to 120 seconds */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE, 120L);

    /* interval time between keep-alive probes: 60 seconds */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL, 60L);

    curl_easy_perform(curl);
  }

AVAILABILITY

Added in 7.25.0

RETURN VALUE

Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.

SEE ALSO

*CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE*(3), *CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL*(3),

Author: dt

Created: 2022-02-20 Sun 14:45