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 been idle 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 too 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, "https://example.com");

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

         curl_easy_perform(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Added in 7.65.0

RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLE_OK.

SEE ALSO

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