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CURLINFO_SPEED_DOWNLOAD(3)  Library Functions Manual  CURLINFO_SPEED_DOWNLOAD(3)

NAME
     CURLINFO_SPEED_DOWNLOAD - download speed

SYNOPSIS
     #include <curl/curl.h>

     CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_SPEED_DOWNLOAD,
				double *speed);

DESCRIPTION
     Pass  a pointer to a double to receive the average download speed that curl
     measured for the complete download. Measured in bytes/second.

     CURLINFO_SPEED_DOWNLOAD_T(3) is a newer replacement  that	returns  a  more
     sensible variable type.

PROTOCOLS
     This functionality affects all supported protocols

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

	 /* Perform the request */
	 result = curl_easy_perform(curl);

	 if(result == CURLE_OK) {
	   double speed;
	   result = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_SPEED_DOWNLOAD, &speed);
	   if(result == CURLE_OK) {
	     printf("Download speed %.0f bytes/sec\n", speed);
	   }
	 }
       }
     }

DEPRECATED
     Deprecated since 7.55.0.

AVAILABILITY
     Added in curl 7.4.1

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_SIZE_UPLOAD_T(3),  CURLINFO_SPEED_UPLOAD(3), curl_easy_getinfo(3),
     curl_easy_setopt(3)

libcurl 			   2026-06-11	      CURLINFO_SPEED_DOWNLOAD(3)

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