curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME.md
Daniel Stenberg e3fe020089
docs/libcurl: generate PROTOCOLS from meta-data
Remove the PROTOCOLS section from the source files completely and
instead generate them based on the header data in the curldown files.

It also generates TLS backend information for options marked for TLS as
protocol.

Closes #13175
2024-03-23 18:13:03 +01:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLINFO_CONNECT_TIME_T (3)
- CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME_T (3)
- curl_easy_getinfo (3)
- curl_easy_setopt (3)
Protocol:
- All
---
# NAME
CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME - get the time until the file transfer start
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME,
double *timep);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Pass a pointer to a double to receive the time, in seconds, it took from the
start until the file transfer is just about to begin.
This time-stamp includes all pre-transfer commands and negotiations that are
specific to the particular protocol(s) involved. It includes the sending of
the protocol-specific instructions that trigger a transfer.
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.
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
double pretransfer;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
if(CURLE_OK == res) {
res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_PRETRANSFER_TIME, &pretransfer);
if(CURLE_OK == res) {
printf("Time: %.1f", pretransfer);
}
}
/* always cleanup */
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}
~~~
# AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.4.1
# RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.