NAME

       CURLOPT_MAXCONNECTS - maximum connection cache size

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_MAXCONNECTS, long amount);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass a long. The set amount will be the maximum number of simultaneously open persistent connections that
       libcurl may cache in the pool associated with this handle. The default is 5, and there is not much  point
       in  changing  this value unless you are perfectly aware of how this works and changes libcurl's behavior.
       This concerns connections using any of the protocols that support persistent connections.

       When reaching the maximum limit, curl closes the oldest one in the cache to prevent increasing the number
       of open connections.

       If  you  already have performed transfers with this curl handle, setting a smaller CURLOPT_MAXCONNECTS(3)
       than before may cause open connections to get closed unnecessarily.

       If you add this easy handle to a multi handle, this setting is not acknowledged, and you must instead use
       curl_multi_setopt(3) and the CURLMOPT_MAXCONNECTS(3) option.

DEFAULT

       5

PROTOCOLS

       Most

EXAMPLE

       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         CURLcode ret;
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
         /* limit the connection cache for this handle to no more than 3 */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAXCONNECTS, 3L);
         ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Always

RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLE_OK

SEE ALSO

       CURLMOPT_MAXCONNECTS(3), CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS(3),