Timeout in Node.JS

basic

Thanks for answers in https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6214902/how-to-set-a-timeout-on-a-http-request-in-node
The problem can mainly divided into two part in my implemention:

  • connection timeout
  • response timeout

  1. connection timeout
    On request stage:

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    // set the desired timeout in options
    const options = {
        //...
        timeout: 3000,
    };
    // create a request
    const request = http.request(options, response => {
        // your callback here
    });
    // use its "timeout" event to abort the request
    request.on('timeout', () => {
        request.abort();
    });

  2. response timeout
    On response stage:

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    var options = { ... }
    var req = http.request(options, (res) => {
      // Usual stuff: on(data), on(end), chunks, etc...
    });
    req.on('socket', (socket) => {
        socket.setTimeout(myTimeout);  
        socket.on('timeout', () => {
            req.destroy();
        });
    });
    req.on('error', (err) => {
        if (err.code === "ECONNRESET") {
            console.log("Timeout occurs");
            //specific error treatment
        }
        //other error treatment
    });
    req.end();