NAME

       CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT - time allowed to wait for server response

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT,
                                 long timeout);

DESCRIPTION

       Pass a long. Causes libcurl to set a timeout period (in seconds) on the amount of time that the server is
       allowed  to take in order to send a response message for a command before the session is considered dead.
       While libcurl is waiting for a response, this value overrides CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3). It is recommended  that
       if  used  in  conjunction  with CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3), you set CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT(3) to a value
       smaller than CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3).

       This option was formerly known as CURLOPT_FTP_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT.

DEFAULT

       None

PROTOCOLS

       This functionality affects ftp, imap, pop3, scp, sftp and smtp

EXAMPLE

       int main(void)
       {
         CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
         if(curl) {
           CURLcode res;
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "ftp://example.com/slow.txt");
           /* wait no more than 23 seconds */
           curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT, 23L);
           res = curl_easy_perform(curl);

           curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
         }
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Added in curl 7.20.0

RETURN VALUE

       curl_easy_setopt(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

       CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT(3), CURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3), CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3)

libcurl                                            2025-06-16                 CURLOPT_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT(3)