Stream Read/Write Timeout causes Invalid Operation Exception

Question

I am trying to get a request from an API using:

RestClient client = new RestClient(\"https://gds.eligibleapi.com/v1.5/coverage/all?api_key=\"
    + apiSecr         


        

Answer 1

As you can see in your screenshot, the CanTimeout property is false. So these properties are supposed to throw an exception; from the msdn page of Stream:

Notes to Inheritors:

The ReadTimeout property should be overridden to provide the appropriate behavior for the stream. If the stream does not support timing out, this property should raise an InvalidOperationException

Keep in mind that you're looking at the debugger looking at the stream - the exception won't be thrown in your application until you actually touch the timeout properties.