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CURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME - total time of previous transfer

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  PROTOCOLS  EXAMPLE  AVAILABILITY  RETURN VALUE  SEE ALSO 

NAME

CURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME − total time of previous transfer

SYNOPSIS

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME, double *timep);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a pointer to a double to receive the total time in seconds for the previous transfer, including name resolving, TCP connect etc. The double represents the time in seconds, including fractions.

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

This functionality affects all supported protocols

EXAMPLE

int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode result;
double total;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
if(result == CURLE_OK) {
result = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME, &total);
if(result == CURLE_OK) {
printf("Time: %.1f", total);
}
}
/* always cleanup */
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}

AVAILABILITY

Added in curl 7.4.1

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).

SEE ALSO

CURLINFO_TOTAL_TIME_T(3), CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3), curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(3)


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