CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN(3)

1CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN(3)     curl_easy_setopt options     CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN(3)
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NAME

6       CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN - max idle time allowed for reusing a connection
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <curl/curl.h>
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11       CURLcode  curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN, long max‐
12       age);
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DESCRIPTION

15       Pass a long as parameter containing maxage - the maximum time  in  sec‐
16       onds that you allow an existing connection to have to be considered for
17       reuse for this request.
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19       The "connection cache" that holds previously used connections.  When  a
20       new request is to be done, it will consider any connection that matches
21       for reuse. The CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN(3) limit prevents libcurl from  try‐
22       ing  very  old connections for reuse, since old connections have a high
23       risk of not working and thus trying them  is  a  performance  loss  and
24       sometimes service loss due to the difficulties to figure out the situa‐
25       tion. If a connection is found in the cache that is older than this set
26       maxage, it will instead be closed.
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DEFAULT

29       Default maxage is 118 seconds.
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PROTOCOLS

32       All
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EXAMPLE

35       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
36       if(curl) {
37         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
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39         /* only allow 30 seconds idle time */
40         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MAXAGE_CONN, 30L);
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42         curl_easy_perform(curl);
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AVAILABILITY

46       Added in libcurl 7.65.0
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RETURN VALUE

49       Returns CURLE_OK.
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