NAME

       CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS - set maximum time the request is allowed to take

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

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

DESCRIPTION

       Pass a long as parameter containing timeout - the maximum time in milliseconds that you allow the libcurl
       transfer operation to take. Normally, name lookups can take a considerable time and  limiting  operations
       to  less  than  a few minutes risk aborting perfectly normal operations. This option may cause libcurl to
       use the SIGALRM signal to timeout system calls.

       If libcurl is built to use the standard system name resolver, that portion of the transfer will still use
       full-second resolution for timeouts with a minimum timeout allowed of one second.

       In unix-like systems, this might cause signals to be used unless CURLOPT_NOSIGNAL(3) is set.

       If both CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3) and CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3) are set, the value set last will be used.

       Since  this  puts  a  hard  limit  for  how long time a request is allowed to take, it has limited use in
       dynamic   use   cases   with   varying   transfer   times.   You   are   then    advised    to    explore
       CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3),  CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME(3)  or using CURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION(3) to implement
       your own timeout logic.

DEFAULT

       Default timeout is 0 (zero) which means it never times out during transfer.

PROTOCOLS

       All

EXAMPLE

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

         /* complete within 20000 milliseconds */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, 20000L);

         curl_easy_perform(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Always

RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLE_OK

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3), CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT(3), CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3),