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ricardoespsanto
ricardoespsanto

Reputation: 1110

mock a timeout url

I'm trying to mock a timeout from a webpage so that I can implement a "deal with timeout" feature.

Basically what I need is a URL of something that does not reply within X seconds.

Thanks in advance

Here's the code I have: 

var req = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/xmlextras/xmlhttprequest;1"].createInstance();
req.overrideMimeType('text/plain; charset=utf-8');
req.open("GET", configurationURL, false);
req.variable = specificConfigurationURLTerminator;
setTimeout(function() {
    alert("aborting");
    req.abort();
}, this.configurationRetrievalTimeout);
req.send(null);

Upvotes: 15

Views: 8452

Answers (3)

hello_earth
hello_earth

Reputation: 1562

while www.google.com:81 trick is a good one, it didn't work for me while trying to timeout a SOAPConnection, which might be irrelevant.

I happened to have node.js installed anyway, and the following did a good job:

First, save the following as test.js

const http = require('http');

const hostname = '127.0.0.1';
const port = 3000;

const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
  //res.statusCode = 200;
  //res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
  //res.end('Hello World');
});

server.listen(port, hostname, () => {
  console.log(`Server running at http://${hostname}:${port}/`);
});

Then execute the following in command prompt:

node test.js

And visit http://localhost:3000 to hang indefinitely

Upvotes: 0

ricardoespsanto
ricardoespsanto

Reputation: 1110

Guys thank you so much for your prompt replies. I've found what I was looking for:

http://www.google.com:81/

basically doesn't respond not even with an error =) exactly what I need to trigger a timeout

Upvotes: 37

Ripa Saha
Ripa Saha

Reputation: 2540

use .delay(duration) jquery function. duration will be in milisecond. ex- $('div').delay(1500);

Upvotes: 0

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