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curl_easy_upkeep(3) Library Functions Manual curl_easy_upkeep(3) NAME curl_easy_upkeep - keep existing connections alive SYNOPSIS #include <curl/curl.h> CURLcode curl_easy_upkeep(CURL *handle); DESCRIPTION Some protocols have "connection upkeep" mechanisms. These mechanisms usu- ally send some traffic on existing connections in order to keep them alive; this can prevent connections from being closed due to overzealous fire- walls, for example. For HTTP/2 we have an upkeep mechanism: when the connection upkeep interval is exceeded and curl_easy_upkeep(3) is called, an HTTP/2 PING frame is sent on the connection. For MQTT the upkeep interval defines when to send ping requests to prevent the server from disconnecting. This function must be explicitly called in order to perform the upkeep work. The connection upkeep interval is set with CURLOPT_UPKEEP_INTER- VAL_MS(3). If you call this function on an easy handle that uses a shared connection cache then upkeep is performed on the connections in that cache, even if those connections were never used by the easy handle. (Added in 8.10.0) PROTOCOLS This functionality affects all supported protocols EXAMPLE int main(void) { CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); if(curl) { /* Make a connection to an HTTP/2 server. */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com"); /* Set the interval to 30000ms / 30s */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_UPKEEP_INTERVAL_MS, 30000L); curl_easy_perform(curl); /* Perform more work here. */ /* While the connection is being held open, curl_easy_upkeep() can be called. If curl_easy_upkeep() is called and the time since the last upkeep exceeds the interval, then an HTTP/2 PING is sent. */ curl_easy_upkeep(curl); /* Perform more work here. */ /* always cleanup */ curl_easy_cleanup(curl); } } AVAILABILITY Added in curl 7.62.0 RETURN VALUE This function returns a CURLcode indicating success or error. CURLE_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see libcurl-errors(3). If CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER(3) was set with curl_easy_se- topt(3) there can be an error message stored in the error buffer when non-zero is returned. SEE ALSO CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE(3), CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE(3) libcurl 2026-06-11 curl_easy_upkeep(3)
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