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.TH CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS 3 "17 Jun 2014" libcurl libcurl
.SH NAME
CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS \- timeout for the connect phase
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS,
                          long timeout);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
Pass a long. It should contain the maximum time in milliseconds that you allow
the connection phase to the server to take.

See \fICURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT(3)\fP for details.
.SH DEFAULT
300000
.SH PROTOCOLS
All
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");

    /* complete connection within 10000 milliseconds */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS, 10000L);

    curl_easy_perform(curl);
  }
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Always
.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT (3),
.BR CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT (3),
.BR CURLOPT_TIMEOUT (3)