CURLINFO_QUEUE_TIME_T(3)

CURLINFO_QUEUE_TIME_T3

Time this transfer was queued

Usage

#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_getinfo(CURL *handle, CURLINFO_QUEUE_TIME_T,
                           curl_off_t *timep);

Overview

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

Examples

int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode result;
    curl_off_t queue;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
    result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    if(result == CURLE_OK) {
      result = curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_QUEUE_TIME_T, &queue);
      if(result == CURLE_OK) {
        printf("Queued: %" CURL_FORMAT_CURL_OFF_T ".%06ld us", queue / 1000000,
               (long)(queue % 1000000));
      }
    }
    /* always cleanup */
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}

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).

Releases

2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 13
  2. Arch

Availability

Added in curl 8.6.0

From curl 8.23.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.