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I'm trying to set a connection timeout with Groovy HTTPBuilder and for the life of me can't find a way.

Using plain ol' URL it's easy:

def client = new URL("https://search.yahoo.com/search?q=foobar") def result = client.getText( readTimeout: 1 )

This throws a SocketTimeoutException, but that's not quite what I want. For a variety of reasons, I'd rather use HTTPBuilder or better RESTClient.

This does work:

 def client = new HTTPBuilder() def result = client.request("https://search.yahoo.com/", Method.GET, "*/*") { HttpRequest request -> uri.path = "search" uri.query = [q: "foobar"] request.getParams().setParameter("http.socket.timeout", 1); }

However request.getParams() has been deprecated.

For the life of me I can't find a way to inject a proper RequestConfig into the builder.

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  • Have you tried: client.client.params.setParameter("http.socket.timeout", 1000) Commented Feb 25, 2016 at 19:21
  • Needed this recently myself and came across this: gist.github.com/axeda/5189102 Commented Feb 25, 2016 at 19:44
  • Setting a parameter works fine. However, that method has been deprecated. It seems HTTPBuilder hasn't been modernized. Commented Feb 25, 2016 at 23:08

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Try this, I'm using 0.7.1:

import groovyx.net.http.HTTPBuilder import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig import org.apache.http.config.SocketConfig import org.apache.http.conn.ConnectTimeoutException import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients def timeout = 10000 // millis SocketConfig sc = SocketConfig.custom().setSoTimeout(timeout).build() RequestConfig rc = RequestConfig.custom().setConnectTimeout(timeout).setSocketTimeout(timeout).build() def hc = HttpClients.custom().setDefaultSocketConfig(sc).setDefaultRequestConfig(rc).build() def site = 'https://search.yahoo.com/' def http = new HTTPBuilder(site) http.client = hc # eg. usage http.get(path:'/search')
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Is it safe to assume timeout is in millis? The docs do not say. :(
Yes its millis.
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pure HTTPBuilder:

import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig def TIMEOUT = 10000 def defaultRequestConfig = RequestConfig.custom() .setConnectionRequestTimeout(TIMEOUT) .setConnectTimeout(TIMEOUT) .setSocketTimeout(TIMEOUT) .build() def client = new HTTPBuilder("uri") client.setClient(HttpClients.custom().setDefaultRequestConfig(defaultRequestConfig).build())

RESTClient with everything:

import org.apache.http.auth.AuthScope import org.apache.http.auth.UsernamePasswordCredentials import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.NoopHostnameVerifier import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.TrustSelfSignedStrategy import org.apache.http.impl.client.BasicCredentialsProvider import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients import org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager import org.apache.http.ssl.SSLContextBuilder def restClient = new RESTClient("hostname") //timeout def TIMEOUT = 5000 def defaultRequestConfig = RequestConfig.custom() .setConnectionRequestTimeout(TIMEOUT) .setConnectTimeout(TIMEOUT) .setSocketTimeout(TIMEOUT) .build() //basic user/password authentication def credentials = new UsernamePasswordCredentials("admin", "password") def credentialsProvider = new BasicCredentialsProvider() credentialsProvider.setCredentials(AuthScope.ANY, credentials) //set ssl trust all, no ssl exceptions def sslContext = new SSLContextBuilder().loadTrustMaterial(null, TrustSelfSignedStrategy.INSTANCE).build() def sslSocketFactory = new SSLConnectionSocketFactory(sslContext, NoopHostnameVerifier.INSTANCE) //multithreaded connection manager def multithreadedConnectionManager = new PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager() //build client with all this stuff restClient.setClient(HttpClients.custom() .setConnectionManager(multithreadedConnectionManager) .setDefaultCredentialsProvider(credentialsProvider) .setDefaultRequestConfig(defaultRequestConfig) .setSSLSocketFactory(sslSocketFactory) .build())
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From the JavaDoc, it appears you do it by using AsyncHttpBuilder instead? That class extends HTTPBuilder and it has a setTimeout(int) method.

Look at this: http://www.kellyrob99.com/blog/2013/02/10/groovy-and-http/ According to that, it appears you might be able to follow the advice here to get a timeout on your connection: Java HTTP Client Request with defined timeout

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Thanks, good idea. However, I looked at the code for AsyncHTTPBuilder. It also uses the deprecated method of setting params. I guess there's no better way.
Ok, i added a url to my answer. Maybe that will help.
Thanks again, but the issue isn't about getting it to work - the timeout setting is fine. The issue is that AsyncHTTPBuilder is using deprecated methods. Check out line 211 code . client.getParams() is deprecated.
I sorta see what you mean here: hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-core-ga/httpcore/apidocs/org/…
Yeah - you got it, djangofan. Actually, I'm getting concerned as it seems HTTPBuilder might be a dead project.
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I use like this

def timeOut = 10000 HTTPBuilder http = new HTTPBuilder('http://url.com') http.client.params.setParameter('http.connection.timeout', new Integer(timeOut)) http.client.params.setParameter('http.socket.timeout', new Integer(timeOut))
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This still uses getParams(), which OP does not want to use because it's deprecated.

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