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What is the default time-out for http requests using the http dart library?

I am using the http dart library to perform REST API requests (GET, POST) to a remote server.

When the server is not running the requests time-out. Is there a default time limit for the requests, after which a Connection timed out exception is thrown? If yes, which is that time limit?

We tried logging the timestamp before and after the request was performed. The difference of the 2 timestamps was 30ms. But we do not know if this is the default configuration of the dart library.

Solution

  • The default timeout for an HTTP request made via dart:io's HttpClient is dependent on the default timeout for the OS, so it's hard to say exactly what timeout should be expected.

    However, you can configure the timeout by setting connectionTimeout on your HttpClient instance to a non-null Duration if you want to have a consistent connection timeout duration across platforms.