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CURLMOPT_TIMERDATA(3) | Library Functions Manual | CURLMOPT_TIMERDATA(3) |
NAME¶
CURLMOPT_TIMERDATA - custom pointer to pass to timer callback
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLMcode curl_multi_setopt(CURLM *handle, CURLMOPT_TIMERDATA, void *pointer);
DESCRIPTION¶
A data pointer to pass to the timer callback set with the CURLMOPT_TIMERFUNCTION(3) option.
This pointer is not touched by libcurl but is only be passed in to the timer callback's clientp argument.
DEFAULT¶
NULL
PROTOCOLS¶
This functionality affects all supported protocols
EXAMPLE¶
struct priv {
void *custom; }; static int timerfunc(CURLM *multi, long timeout_ms, void *clientp) {
struct priv *mydata = clientp;
printf("our ptr: %p\n", mydata->custom);
if(timeout_ms) {
/* this is the new single timeout to wait for */
}
else {
/* delete the timeout, nothing to wait for now */
} } int main(void) {
struct priv mydata;
CURLM *multi = curl_multi_init();
curl_multi_setopt(multi, CURLMOPT_TIMERFUNCTION, timerfunc);
curl_multi_setopt(multi, CURLMOPT_TIMERDATA, &mydata); }
AVAILABILITY¶
Added in curl 7.16.0
RETURN VALUE¶
curl_multi_setopt(3) returns a CURLMcode indicating success or error.
CURLM_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see libcurl-errors(3).
SEE ALSO¶
2025-03-08 | libcurl |