CURLINFO_SPEED_DOWNLOAD

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: 202-0-19
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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/secn", 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)

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NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

PROTOCOLS

EXAMPLE

DEPRECATED

AVAILABILITY

RETURN VALUE

SEE ALSO