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| CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME(3) | Library Functions Manual | CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME(3) | 
NAME¶
CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME - get the time for all redirection steps
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME,
double *timep);
DESCRIPTION¶
Pass a pointer to a double to receive the total time, in seconds, it took for all redirection steps include name lookup, connect, pretransfer and transfer before final transaction was started. CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME(3) contains the complete execution time for multiple redirections.
See also the TIMES overview in the curl_easy_getinfo(3) man page.
PROTOCOLS¶
This functionality affects http only
EXAMPLE¶
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode res;
    double redirect;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    if(CURLE_OK == res) {
      res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME, &redirect);
      if(CURLE_OK == res) {
        printf("Time: %.1f", redirect);
      }
    }
    /* always cleanup */
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}
AVAILABILITY¶
Added in curl 7.9.7
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_REDIRECT_COUNT(3), CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME_T(3), CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL(3), curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(3)
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