NAME

       CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN - max idle time allowed for reusing a connection

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN, long maxage);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass  a  long  as  parameter  containing  maxage - the maximum time in seconds that you allow an existing
       connection to have to be considered for reuse for this request.

       The "connection cache" that holds previously used connections. When a new request is to be done, it  will
       consider  any  connection  that matches for reuse. The CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN(3) limit prevents libcurl from
       trying very old connections for reuse, since old connections have a high risk of  not  working  and  thus
       trying  them  is  a performance loss and sometimes service loss due to the difficulties to figure out the
       situation. If a connection is found in the cache that is older than this set maxage, it will  instead  be
       closed.

DEFAULT

       Default maxage is 118 seconds.

PROTOCOLS

       All

EXAMPLE

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

         /* only allow 30 seconds idle time */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN, 30L);

         curl_easy_perform(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Added in libcurl 7.65.0

RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLE_OK.

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3), CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE(3), CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT(3),