curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS.md
Daniel Stenberg 54ded66618
docs/libcurl: improve easy setopt examples
- always assign the curl_easy_perform() return code (and declare
  the necessary 'result' variable for it)

- always call curl_easy_cleanup() on the created easy handles

Closes #21364
2026-04-18 23:34:39 +02:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT (3)
- CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT (3)
- CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE (3)
- CURLOPT_TIMEOUT (3)
Protocol:
- All
Added-in: 7.16.2
---
# NAME
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS - maximum time the transfer is allowed to complete
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, long timeout);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Pass a long as parameter containing *timeout* - the maximum time in
milliseconds that you allow the libcurl transfer operation to take.
See CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3) for details.
# DEFAULT
0 (zero) which means it never times out during transfer.
# %PROTOCOLS%
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode result;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
/* complete within 20000 milliseconds */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, 20000L);
result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
~~~
# %AVAILABILITY%
# RETURN VALUE
curl_easy_setopt(3) returns a CURLcode indicating success or error.
CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see
libcurl-errors(3).