Set timeout for HTTPClient get() request

Question

This method submits a simple HTTP request and calls a success or error callback just fine:

  void _getSimpleReply( String command, callback, errorCallback )          


        

Answer 1

There is no option to set timeout using Dart's http. However, as it returns Future, we can set timeout on the Future.

The example below sets timeout to 15 second. If it has been 15 seconds and no response received, it will throw TimeoutException

Future postAPICall(String url, Map param, BuildContext context) async {
  try {
    final response =  await http.post(url,
        body: param).timeout(const Duration(seconds: 10),onTimeout : () {
      throw TimeoutException('The connection has timed out, Please try again!');
    });

    print("Success");
    return response;
  } on SocketException {
    print("You are not connected to internet");
  }
}