CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME(3) Library Functions Manual CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME(3)
NAME
CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME - low speed limit time period
SYNOPSIS
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME,
long speedtime);
DESCRIPTION
Pass a long as parameter. It contains the time in number seconds that
the transfer speed should be below the CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3) for
the library to consider it too slow and abort.
DEFAULT
0, disabled
PROTOCOLS
This functionality affects all supported protocols
EXAMPLE
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
/* abort if slower than 30 bytes/sec during 60 seconds */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME, 60L);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT, 30L);
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
if(CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT == res) {
printf("Timeout.\n");
}
/* always cleanup */
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
AVAILABILITY
Added in curl 7.1
RETURN VALUE
curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.
CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred,
see libcurl-errors(3).
SEE ALSO
CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3), CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3)
libcurl 2025-02-08 CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME(3)
curl 8.12.0 - Generated Sat Feb 15 15:29:38 CST 2025