CURLINFO_QUEUE_TIME_T - Man Page
time this transfer was queued
Synopsis
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_QUEUE_TIME_T,
curl_off_t *timep);Description
Pass a pointer to a curl_off_t to receive the time, in microseconds, this transfer was held in a waiting queue before it started "for real". A transfer might be put in a queue if after getting started, it cannot create a new connection etc due to set conditions and limits imposed by the application.
See also the TIMES overview in the curl_easy_getinfo(3) man page.
Protocols
This functionality affects all supported protocols
Example
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
CURLcode res;
curl_off_t queue;
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
if(CURLE_OK == res) {
res = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_QUEUE_TIME_T, &queue);
if(CURLE_OK == res) {
printf("Queued: %" CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T ".%06ld us", queue / 1000000,
(long)(queue % 1000000));
}
}
/* always cleanup */
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
}Availability
Added in curl 8.6.0
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_STARTTRANSFER_TIME_T(3), CURLOPT_TIMEOUT(3), curl_easy_getinfo(3), curl_easy_setopt(3)
Referenced By
2025-09-10 libcurl