---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
  - CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE (3)
  - CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL (3)
  - CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPCNT (3)
Protocol:
  - TCP
Added-in: 7.25.0
---

# NAME

CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE - TCP keep-alive idle time wait

# SYNOPSIS

~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>

CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE, long delay);
~~~

# DESCRIPTION

Pass a long. Sets the *delay*, in seconds, to wait while the connection is
idle before sending keepalive probes. Not all operating systems support this
option.

The maximum value this accepts is 2147483648. Any larger value is capped to
this amount.

# DEFAULT

60

# %PROTOCOLS%

# EXAMPLE

~~~c
int main(void)
{
  CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
  if(curl) {
    CURLcode result;
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");

    /* enable TCP keep-alive for this transfer */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPALIVE, 1L);

    /* set keep-alive idle time to 120 seconds */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPIDLE, 120L);

    /* interval time between keep-alive probes: 60 seconds */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPINTVL, 60L);

    /* maximum number of keep-alive probes: 3 */
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TCP_KEEPCNT, 3L);

    result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
  }
}
~~~

# %AVAILABILITY%

# RETURN VALUE

curl_easy_setopt(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).
