Simple HTTP transaction timing breakdown with cURL

howto.txt

1. create file "requestpattern.txt" with the following content:

  time_namelookup:  %{time_namelookup}\n
  time_connect:  %{time_connect}\n
  time_appconnect:  %{time_appconnect}\n
  time_pretransfer:  %{time_pretransfer}\n
  time_redirect:  %{time_redirect}\n
  time_starttransfer:  %{time_starttransfer}\n
  ----------\n
  time_total:  %{time_total}\n


2. get results by cURL with the following call:

  curl -w "@requestpattern.txt" -o /dev/null -s "$API_URL"