CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS(3)

1CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS(3)   curl_easy_getinfo options  CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS(3)
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NAME

6       CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS - get number of created connections
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <curl/curl.h>
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11       CURLcode  curl_easy_getinfo(CURL  *handle,  CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS, long
12       *nump);
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DESCRIPTION

15       Pass a pointer to a long to receive how many  new  connections  libcurl
16       had  to  create  to  achieve the previous transfer (only the successful
17       connects are counted).  Combined  with  CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT(3)  you
18       are  able  to  know how many times libcurl successfully reused existing
19       connection(s)   or   not.     See    the    connection    options    of
20       curl_easy_setopt(3) to see how libcurl tries to make persistent connec‐
21       tions to save time.
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PROTOCOLS

24       All
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EXAMPLE

27       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
28       if(curl) {
29         CURLcode res;
30         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
31         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
32         res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
33         if(res == CURLE_OK) {
34           long connects;
35           res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS, &connects);
36           if(res)
37             printf("It needed %d connects\n", connects);
38         }
39         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
40       }
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AVAILABILITY

43       Added in 7.12.3
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RETURN VALUE

46       Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported,  and  CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION
47       if not.
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