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CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE(3)   Library Functions Manual   CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE(3)

NAME
       CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE - TCP keep-alive probing

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode	curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE, long probe);

DESCRIPTION
       Pass  a long. If	set to 1, TCP keepalive	probes are used. The delay and
       frequency of these probes can be	controlled by  the  CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPI-
       DLE(3),	CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL(3),  and CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPCNT(3) options,
       provided	the operating system supports them. Set	to 0  (default	behav-
       ior) to disable keepalive probes.

DEFAULT
       0

PROTOCOLS
       This functionality affects tcp only

EXAMPLE
       int main(void)
       {
	 CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
	 if(curl) {
	   curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");

	   /* enable TCP keep-alive for	this transfer */
	   curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE, 1L);

	   /* keep-alive idle time to 120 seconds */
	   curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE,	120L);

	   /* interval time between keep-alive probes: 60 seconds */
	   curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL, 60L);

	   /* maximum number of	keep-alive probes: 3 */
	   curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPCNT, 3L);

	   curl_easy_perform(curl);
	 }
       }

AVAILABILITY
       Added in	curl 7.25.0

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_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3),    CURLOPT_MAX_RECV_SPEED_LARGE(3),	  CUR-
       LOPT_TCP_KEEPCNT(3), CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE(3), CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL(3)

libcurl				  2025-06-03	      CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE(3)

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