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

For anyone who comes to this page, The issue was an unexpected null variable which went unhandled in the API. Without a response, the request was timing out. My fix was to first, try to allow for timeouts with my client. Once in place, I was able to narrow down issue to the data itself and there was my problem.

This answer is coming back very late, but I will try to get to questions anyone might have regarding my answer in the future.

Answer 2

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.