Adding A TimeOut?

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NSURLConnection timeout?

I have this code:

NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://some-url-that-has-to-work/"];
    NSURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
    NSHTTPURLResponse *response = nil;
    [NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:request
        returningResponse:&response error:NULL];
    return (response != nil);

Is there a way to add a timeout so if the request takes more then 1 minute it just times out?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 03 '11 at 20:30

I would suggest you try ASIHTTPRequest. It's a wrapper for common network connections for iOS. It has everything you need, including timeout and multiple connection attempts in case of failures. http://allseeing-i.com/ASIHTTPRequest/

You can set a global timeout as such:

   [ASIHTTPRequest setDefaultTimeOutSeconds:5];

and then call the URL:

NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www......."];
ASIHTTPRequest *request = [ASIHTTPRequest requestWithURL:url];
[request setDelegate:self];
[request startAsynchronous];

you have delegate functions that you can use when you get a timeout (or the response)

- (void)requestFinished:(ASIHTTPRequest *)request {
// this is called if the request is successful
}

- (void)requestFailed:(ASIHTTPRequest *)request {
// this is called if the request fails
}

ASI is a lot of bloat to add to your project just to be able to set the timeout policy when NSURLConnection does the job just fine. — Mark Adams, Oct 03 '11 at 20:32
@aporat no point in switching to `ASIHTTPRequest` just for setting timeout. Infact underlying ASIHTTPRequest is `NSURLConnection` ! — Srikar Appalaraju, Oct 04 '11 at 03:59

Adding A TimeOut?

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