CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME_T(3)

💅 CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME_T(3) — Library Functions Manual ✨

okay so bestie, this page is literally about CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME_T(3), and it's giving "how long did all the redirecting take?" energy. no cap, it's a curl thing. 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME_T — time for all redirection steps 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME_T,
                           curl_off_t *timep);

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so you pass a pointer to a curl_off_t, and it receives the total time, in microseconds, that it took for all redirection steps — including name lookup, connect, pretransfer, and transfer — before the final transaction was started. like, all of it. ⏱️

CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME_T(3) holds the complete execution time for multiple redirections. multiple!! she's tracking the whole redirect saga, not just one hop. 💅

also, pls go see the TIMES overview in the curl_easy_getinfo(3) man page. iykyk 🔥

🌈 PROTOCOLS 🌈

This functionality affects http only. that's the whole vibe check: http, bestie. 🫶

🍓 EXAMPLE 🍓

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode result;
    curl_off_t redirect;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
    result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    if(CURLE_OK == result) {
      result = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME_T, &redirect);
      if(CURLE_OK == result) {
        printf("Time: %" CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T ".%06ld", redirect / 1000000,
               (long)(redirect % 1000000));
      }
    }
    /* always cleanup */
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}

💖 AVAILABILITY 💖

Added in curl 7.61.0. she's not new new, but she's here. ✨

👑 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). no cap, check the error code. 🚨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• CURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT(3)
• CURLINFO_REDIRECT_TIME(3)
• CURLINFO_REDIRECT_URL(3)
• curl_easy_getinfo(3)
• curl_easy_setopt(3)

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