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.

       The "connection phase" is  considered  complete  when  the  requested  TCP,  TLS  or  QUIC
       handshakes are done.

DEFAULT

       300

PROTOCOLS

       All

EXAMPLE

       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://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),