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authorMax Dymond <max.dymond@metaswitch.com>2018-04-18 16:40:17 +0100
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2018-09-07 09:45:29 +0200
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upkeep: add a connection upkeep API: curl_easy_conn_upkeep()
Add functionality so that protocols can do custom keepalive on their connections, when an external API function is called. Add docs for the new options in 7.62.0 Closes #1641
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+.\" **************************************************************************
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+.\" **************************************************************************
+.\"
+.TH curl_easy_conn_upkeep 3 "31 Oct 2018" "libcurl 7.62.0" "libcurl Manual"
+.SH NAME
+curl_easy_conn_upkeep - Perform any connection upkeep checks.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B #include <curl/curl.h>
+
+.BI "CURLcode curl_easy_conn_upkeep(CURL *" handle ");"
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+
+Some protocols have "connection upkeep" mechanisms. These mechanisms usually
+send some traffic on existing connections in order to keep them alive; this
+can prevent connections from being closed due to overzealous firewalls, for
+example.
+
+Currently the only protocol with a connection upkeep mechanism is HTTP/2: when
+the connection upkeep interval is exceeded and \fIcurl_easy_conn_upkeep(3)\fP
+is called, an HTTP/2 PING frame is sent on the connection.
+
+This function must be explicitly called in order to perform the upkeep work.
+The connection upkeep interval is set with
+\fICURLOPT_CONN_UPKEEP_INTERVAL_MS(3)\fP.
+
+.SH AVAILABILITY
+Added in 7.62.0.
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+On success, returns \fBCURLE_OK\fP.
+
+On failure, returns the appropriate error code.
+
+.SH EXAMPLE
+.nf
+CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
+if(curl) {
+ /* Make a connection to an HTTP/2 server. */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://example.com");
+
+ /* Set the interval to 30000ms / 30s */
+ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONN_UPKEEP_INTERVAL_MS, 30000L);
+
+ curl_easy_perform(curl);
+
+ /* Perform more work here. */
+
+ /* While the connection is being held open, curl_easy_conn_upkeep() can be
+ called. If curl_easy_conn_upkeep() is called and the time since the last
+ upkeep exceeds the interval, then an HTTP/2 PING is sent. */
+ curl_easy_conn_upkeep(curl);
+
+ /* Perform more work here. */
+
+ /* always cleanup */
+ curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+}
+
+.fi