Support for read/write timeout.

[hubertlapsa]

Is it possible to set read and write connection timeout using HttpClient? From what I can see, HttpClient does not provide support for set read and write connection timeout.

[joakime]

what you want is idle timeout

[sbordet]

@hubertlapsa you have to clarify what you exactly mean by read and write timeout. HttpClient supports a variety of timeouts, and chances are that they are already implemented for what you want to do. But it's not clear what you want to do.

[szpak]

In the original context, we need an ability to distinguish the connect timeout (which might need a bigger value) from the read/write timeout (when it is expected to be quite low). idleTimeout sounds interesting, but I wonder, if it would work to set high connectTimeout (e.g. 20 seconds) and low idleTimeout (e.g. 2 seconds) - in other word, if idleTimeout won't kick in while waiting for some bytes in connect?

[sbordet]

if it would work to set high connectTimeout (e.g. 20 seconds) and low idleTimeout (e.g. 2 seconds)

Yes it would work.

The idleTimeout covers network idleness (both read and write).

[sbordet]

Closing as answered.