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23 .TH CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS 3 "May 06, 2017" "libcurl 7.59.0" "curl_easy_getinfo options"
26 CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS \- get number of created connections
28 #include <curl/curl.h>
30 CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS, long *nump);
32 Pass a pointer to a long to receive how many new connections libcurl had to
33 create to achieve the previous transfer (only the successful connects are
34 counted). Combined with \fICURLINFO_REDIRECT_COUNT(3)\fP you are able to know
35 how many times libcurl successfully reused existing connection(s) or not. See
36 the connection options of \fIcurl_easy_setopt(3)\fP to see how libcurl tries
37 to make persistent connections to save time.
42 CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
45 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "http://example.com");
46 curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
47 res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
50 res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_NUM_CONNECTS, &connects);
52 printf("It needed %d connects\\n", connects);
54 curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
60 Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
62 .BR curl_easy_getinfo "(3), " curl_easy_setopt "(3), "