java.net.SocketTimeoutException when sending video using OkhttpClient 3.2 and Retrofit 2

Question

I using OkhttpClient to send a video with 15 seconds long to the server using OkhttpClient 3.2 and Retrofit2,sometimes it work fine but sometimes I get the error below,which is very inconsistent.

java.net.SocketTimeoutException: timeout

Here is my code for sending the video up to server

private void sendVideoToServer( final String videoFilePath,final String api_key)
    {
        File videoFile = new File(videoFilePath);
        RequestBody videoBody = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("video/*"), videoFile);
        MultipartBody.Part vFile = MultipartBody.Part.createFormData("video", videoFile.getName(), videoBody);

        OkHttpClient httpClient = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
                .addInterceptor(new Interceptor() {
                    @Override
                    public okhttp3.Response intercept(Chain chain) throws IOException {
                        okhttp3.Request.Builder ongoing = chain.request().newBuilder();
                        ongoing.addHeader("authorization", api_key);
                        return chain.proceed(ongoing.build());
                    }
                })
                .build();
        Retrofit retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder()
                .baseUrl(AppConfig.BASE_URL)
                .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create())
                .client(httpClient)
                .build();

        VideoInterface videoInterface = retrofit.create(VideoInterface.class);
        Call<ResultObject> serverCom = videoInterface.sendVideoToServer(vFile);

        serverCom.enqueue(new Callback<ResultObject>() {
            @Override
            public void onResponse(Call<ResultObject> call, retrofit2.Response<ResultObject> response) {
                ResultObject result = response.body();
                if(!TextUtils.isEmpty(result.getSuccess())){
                    Log.d("video Result " , result.getSuccess());
                }
            }

            @Override
            public void onFailure(Call<ResultObject> call, Throwable t) {
               Log.d("video error",t.toString());
            }
        });
    }

After reading some question,I tried to set the connection timeout to the OkhttpClient like below,but still cant solve the problem.

OkHttpClient.Builder builder = new OkHttpClient.Builder();
builder.addInterceptor(new Interceptor() {
                    @Override
                    public okhttp3.Response intercept(Chain chain) throws IOException {
                        okhttp3.Request.Builder ongoing = chain.request().newBuilder();
                        ongoing.addHeader("authorization", api_key);
                        return chain.proceed(ongoing.build());
                    }
                });
builder.connectTimeout(5, TimeUnit.MINUTES)
       .writeTimeout(5, TimeUnit.MINUTES)
       .readTimeout(5, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
OkHttpClient httpClient = builder.build();

I totally dont know what was doing wrong in this part,somebody please give me some guidance. Tq

might be the issue with server side or request params, check with postman. your code looks fine — wadali, Nov 12 '17 at 11:25
I checked with postman,all doing well,but in android,I test with real device,it always timeout. — ken, Nov 12 '17 at 11:29
I tried with 4 minutes video video with postman,is ok,but in android,15 seconds of video timeout.. — ken, Nov 12 '17 at 11:48
form-data or binary if you used form-data what is key for file ? — wadali, Nov 12 '17 at 11:58
@wadali I use form-data,key of the file "video",I check is correct which I stated it in interface — ken, Nov 12 '17 at 12:16
https://stackoverflow.com/a/39953566/2587027 try this if works without filename — wadali, Nov 12 '17 at 12:21

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 15 '17 at 09:23

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try passing actual file object

  file = new File(tasks.getImageUrl());
            requestFile =
                    RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("multipart/form-data"), file);
 body =  MultipartBody.Part.createFormData("file", file.getName(), requestFile);



 sendVideo(body);

answered Nov 15 '17 at 09:23

Grishma Ukani

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this is not what I doing now??What is the different?? – ken Nov 15 '17 at 09:24
You are passing video as MediaType: RequestBody videoBody = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("video/*"), videoFile); MultipartBody.Part vFile = MultipartBody.Part.createFormData("video", videoFile.getName(), videoBody); – Grishma Ukani Nov 15 '17 at 09:27
ah ok..let me try again – ken Nov 15 '17 at 09:38

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 16 '17 at 12:32

OkHttpClient httpClient = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
                .addInterceptor(new Interceptor() {
                    @Override
                    public okhttp3.Response intercept(Chain chain) throws IOException {
                        okhttp3.Request.Builder ongoing = chain.request().newBuilder();
                        ongoing.addHeader("authorization", api_key);
                        return chain.proceed(ongoing.build());
                    }
                })
                // Add below line to your okhttp client
                .connectTimeout(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                .build();

java.net.SocketTimeoutException when sending video using OkhttpClient 3.2 and Retrofit 2

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