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.TH curl_easy_pause 3 "17 Dec 2007" "libcurl 7.18.0" "libcurl Manual"
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.SH NAME
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curl_easy_pause - pause and unpause a connection
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <curl/curl.h>
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.BI "CURLcode curl_easy_pause(CURL *"handle ", int "bitmask ");"
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Using this function, you can explicitly mark a running connection to get
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paused, and you can unpause a connection that was previously paused.
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A connection can be paused by using this function or by letting the read or
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the write callbacks return the proper magic return code
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(\fICURL_READFUNC_PAUSE\fP and \fICURL_WRITEFUNC_PAUSE\fP). A write callback
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that returns pause signals to the library that it couldn't take care of any
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data at all, and that data will then be delivered again to the callback when
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the transfer is unpaused.
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While it may feel tempting, take care and notice that you cannot call this
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function from another thread. To unpause, you may for example call it from the
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progress callback (\fICURLOPT_PROGRESSFUNCTION(3)\fP), which gets called at
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least once per second, even if the connection is paused.
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When this function is called to unpause receiving, the chance is high that you
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will get your write callback called before this function returns.
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The \fBhandle\fP argument identifies the transfer you want to pause or
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unpause.
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A paused transfer is excluded from low speed cancels via the
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\fICURLOPT_LOW_SPEED_LIMIT(3)\fP option and unpausing a transfer will reset
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the time period required for the low speed limit to be met.
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The \fBbitmask\fP argument is a set of bits that sets the new state of the
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connection. The following bits can be used:
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.IP CURLPAUSE_RECV
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Pause receiving data. There will be no data received on this connection until
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this function is called again without this bit set. Thus, the write callback
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(\fICURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION(3)\fP) won't be called.
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.IP CURLPAUSE_SEND
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Pause sending data. There will be no data sent on this connection until this
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function is called again without this bit set. Thus, the read callback
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(\fICURLOPT_READFUNCTION(3)\fP) won't be called.
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.IP CURLPAUSE_ALL
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Convenience define that pauses both directions.
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.IP CURLPAUSE_CONT
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Convenience define that unpauses both directions.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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CURLE_OK (zero) means that the option was set properly, and a non-zero return
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code means something wrong occurred after the new state was set. See the
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\fIlibcurl-errors(3)\fP man page for the full list with descriptions.
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.SH LIMITATIONS
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The pausing of transfers does not work with protocols that work without
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network connectivity, like FILE://. Trying to pause such a transfer, in any
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direction, will cause problems in the worst case or an error in the best case.
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.SH MULTIPLEXED
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When a connection is used multiplexed, like for HTTP/2, and one of the
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transfers over the connection is paused and the others continue flowing,
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libcurl might end up buffering contents for the paused transfer. It has to do
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this because it needs to drain the socket for the other transfers and the
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already announced window size for the paused transfer will allow the server to
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continue sending data up to that window size amount. By default, libcurl
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announces a 32 megabyte window size, which thus can make libcurl end up
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buffering 32 megabyte of data for a paused stream.
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When such a paused stream is unpaused again, any buffered data will be
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delivered first.
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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Added in libcurl 7.18.0.
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.SH "MEMORY USE"
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When pausing a read by returning the magic return code from a write callback,
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the read data is already in libcurl's internal buffers so it'll have to keep
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it in an allocated buffer until the receiving is again unpaused using this
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function.
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If the downloaded data is compressed and is asked to get uncompressed
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automatically on download, libcurl will continue to uncompress the entire
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downloaded chunk and it will cache the data uncompressed. This has the side-
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effect that if you download something that is compressed a lot, it can result
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in a very large data amount needing to be allocated to save the data during
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the pause. This said, you should probably consider not using paused receiving
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if you allow libcurl to uncompress data automatically.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR curl_easy_cleanup "(3), " curl_easy_reset "(3)"
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