NAME

       CURLMOPT_MAX_HOST_CONNECTIONS - max number of connections to a single host

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLMcode curl_multi_setopt(CURLM *handle, CURLMOPT_MAX_HOST_CONNECTIONS,
                                   long max);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass  a  long  to  indicate  max.  The  set  number  is used as the maximum amount of simultaneously open
       connections to a single host (a host being the same as a hostname +  port  number  pair).  For  each  new
       session   to   a   host,   libcurl   might   open   a   new   connection   up   to   the   limit  set  by
       CURLMOPT_MAX_HOST_CONNECTIONS(3).  When the limit is reached, new  sessions  are  kept  pending  until  a
       connection becomes available.

       The  default  max  value is 0, unlimited. This set limit is also used for proxy connections, and then the
       proxy is considered to be the host for which this limit counts.

       When more transfers are added to the multi handle than what can be performed due to the set  limit,  they
       are queued up waiting for their chance. When that happens, the CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS(3) timeout is inclusive
       of the waiting time, meaning that if you set a too narrow timeout in such a case the transfer might never
       even start before it times out.

       Even  in  the  queued  up  situation,  the  CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS(3)  timeout is however treated as a
       per-connect timeout.

       Changing this value when there are transfers in progress is possible, and the new value is then used  the
       next  time  checks are performed. Lowering the value does however not close down any active transfers, it
       simply does not allow new ones to get made.

DEFAULT

       0

PROTOCOLS

       This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE

       int main(void)
       {
         CURLM *m = curl_multi_init();
         /* do no more than 2 connections per host */
         curl_multi_setopt(m, CURLMOPT_MAX_HOST_CONNECTIONS, 2L);
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Added in curl 7.30.0

RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLM_OK if the option is supported, and CURLM_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.

SEE ALSO

       CURLMOPT_MAXCONNECTS(3), CURLMOPT_MAX_TOTAL_CONNECTIONS(3)