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CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT

Section: curl_easy_setopt options (3)
Updated: May 31, 2017
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NAME

CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT - force a new connection to be used

SYNOPSIS

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT, long fresh);

DESCRIPTION

Pass a long. Set to 1 to make the next transfer use a new (fresh) connection by force instead of trying to re-use an existing one. This option should be used with caution and only if you understand what it does as it may seriously impact performance.

Related functionality is CURLOPT_FORBID_REUSE(3) which makes sure the connection is closed after use so that it won't be re-used.

Set fresh to 0 to have libcurl attempt re-using an existing connection (default behavior).

DEFAULT

PROTOCOLS

Most

EXAMPLE

{
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com/");
  curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FRESH_CONNECT, 1L);
  /* this transfer must use a new connection, not reuse an existing */
  curl_easy_perform(curl);
}

AVAILABILITY

Always

RETURN VALUE

Returns CURLE_OK