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 CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3)
       option.

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

       If both CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT(3) and 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, "http://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),