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CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME(3) curl_easy_setopt options CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME(3)

CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME - low speed limit time period

#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME,

long speedtime);

Pass a long as parameter. It contains the time in number seconds that the transfer speed should be below the CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3) for the library to consider it too slow and abort.

0, disabled

All

curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {

curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
/* abort if slower than 30 bytes/sec during 60 seconds */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_TIME, 60L);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT, 30L);
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
if(CURLE_OPERATION_TIMEDOUT == res) {
printf("Timeout!\n");
}
/* always cleanup */
curl_easy_cleanup(curl); }

Always

Returns CURLE_OK

CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3), CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3),

January 2, 2023 libcurl 7.88.1