Re: [vwnc] HttpClient timeout

> Hi Maarten!
>
> Maarten MOSTERT wrote:
>> I am playing around with the HttpClient and have some questions.
>>
>> First of all I am trying to set the default timeout to something
>> shorter then 20 seconds with the following code:
>>
>>     httpClient := Net.HttpClient new.
>>     httpClient timeout: 2000.
>>     request := Net.HttpRequest get:
>>
>>     'http://stakepoint.com/files/support/stakepointupdate137.cfgx'.
>>         response := [httpClient executeRequest: request] on: Error
>>         do: [:exc | ^false].
>>
>> Now inside request I do observe the clientPI timeout to be 2000
>> milliseconds however this seems totally ignored as the requests still
>> takes over 20 seconds to execute.
>>
>> The second question is wheter there is a smart way to know wheter I
>> should try to connect through a proxy other then by trial and error
>> (the above).
>
> I know your post is some days old, but I did not see any answer
> and don't know, if you have found a solution.
>
> I had a similar problem, which in the end resulted from still having
> the actuall httpclient object around. These seem to copy the timeout
> from the global setting on initialization. What I had to do, was
> set the global timeout and look for the client and set its timeout
> too. This works at least under vw7.4.1.
>
> Best
>  Jan
>