Aws-sdk-js: Add timeout setting per API call

Created on 7 Dec 2012 · 5Comments · Source: aws/aws-sdk-js

It should be possible to add timeout settings per API call. Please also document how to best handle timeouts globally for all AWS SDK API calls.

feature-request

Source

nilskassube

Most helpful comment

This is now supported by either globally setting:

AWS.Config.httpOptions = {timeout: 5000};

Or per-service:

s3 = new AWS.S3({httpOptions: {timeout: 5000}});

Note that all timeout values are in milliseconds.

lsegal on 19 Mar 2013

👍10

All 5 comments

This is now supported by either globally setting:

AWS.Config.httpOptions = {timeout: 5000};

Or per-service:

s3 = new AWS.S3({httpOptions: {timeout: 5000}});

Note that all timeout values are in milliseconds.

lsegal on 19 Mar 2013

👍10

Suppose the download takes longer than 5000 ms, does the connection get aborted? It doesn't seem to work that way. Is there a way to do that?

syahmeds on 24 Aug 2018

I agree with @syahmeds, I'm doing a test, setting the timeout to 1ms, but it takes anywhere from 10-20 seconds to get a "Connection timed out after 1ms" message back. It would be nice if the connection gets aborted when the timeout is reached, or if httpOptions.timeout is not the proper way to get the connection terminated, is there another option I'm not seeing that does abort the connection?

datfinesoul on 28 Aug 2018

We identified these delays in the retry logic and not in the http session. Setting "maxRetries: 1" as a test should result in the behavior expected. Docs here

bhudgens on 28 Aug 2018

This thread has been automatically locked since there has not been any recent activity after it was closed. Please open a new issue for related bugs and link to relevant comments in this thread.