HTTP timeout per handler

Santiago Corredoira

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Sep 30, 2019, 11:24:45 AM9/30/19

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Using the http package, timeouts are defined per server. Is there any way of changing it for a specific handler? Imagine a long download from a loged user or a websocket but also be protected against clients that don't close connections and fload the server.

Santiago Corredoira

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Oct 1, 2019, 1:27:42 AM10/1/19

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Hi Nitin, but how about making the timeout longer thant the default? For example having a general write timeout of 1 minute but allowing a certain user to download a large file for 30 min.

El mar., 1 oct. 2019 a las 6:31, Nitin Sanghi (<er.niti...@gmail.com>) escribió:

Santiago, you can use context to cancel the request after the certain time you like.
	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 100*time.Millisecond)
	defer cancel()  // releases

On Mon, Sep 30, 2019, 8:54 PM Santiago Corredoira <scorr...@gmail.com> wrote:

Using the http package, timeouts are defined per server. Is there any way of changing it for a specific handler? Imagine a long download from a loged user or a websocket but also be protected against clients that don't close connections and fload the server.

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Nitin Sanghi

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Oct 1, 2019, 9:36:23 AM10/1/19

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Santiago, you can use context to cancel the request after the certain time you like.

	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 100*time.Millisecond)
	defer cancel()  // releases

On Mon, Sep 30, 2019, 8:54 PM Santiago Corredoira <scorr...@gmail.com> wrote:

Using the http package, timeouts are defined per server. Is there any way of changing it for a specific handler? Imagine a long download from a loged user or a websocket but also be protected against clients that don't close connections and fload the server.

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Nitin Sanghi

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Oct 1, 2019, 9:38:58 AM10/1/19

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Yes you can do by check size of file or whatever payload you are receiving. You can make run time decision for time

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