curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME_T.md
Daniel Stenberg 8442c24c9a
CURLINFO: remove 'get' and 'get the' from each short desc
The short descriptions describe the data each info retrieves. The info
itself does not 'get' the data.

This simplifies and shortens the descriptions and make them more
consistent.

Closes #19406
2025-11-08 17:05:55 +01:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME_T
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME (3)
- CURLOPT_TIMEOUT (3)
- curl_easy_getinfo (3)
- curl_easy_setopt (3)
Protocol:
- All
Added-in: 7.61.0
---
# NAME
CURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME_T - time to first byte received
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME_T,
curl_off_t *timep);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a curl_off_t to receive the time, in microseconds,
it took from the
start until the first byte is received by libcurl. This includes
CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME_T(3) and also the time the server needs to
calculate the result.
When a redirect is followed, the time from each request is added together.
See also the TIMES overview in the curl_easy_getinfo(3) man page.
# %PROTOCOLS%
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
curl_off_t start;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
if(CURLE_OK == res) {
res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_STARTTRANSFER_TIME_T, &start);
if(CURLE_OK == res) {
printf("Time: %" CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T ".%06ld", start / 1000000,
(long)(start % 1000000));
}
}
/* always cleanup */
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
~~~
# %AVAILABILITY%
# RETURN VALUE
curl_easy_getinfo(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).