How to set timeout for individual requests?

[artworkad]

How can the timeout be set per request for the c# client generated by nSwag?

To apply a timeout for all requests, I do:

builder.Services
    .AddHttpClient("MyApi", client =>
    {
        client.BaseAddress = new Uri(builder.HostEnvironment.BaseAddress);
        client.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5);
    })
    .AddHttpMessageHandler<BaseAddressAuthorizationMessageHandler>();

[gmkado]

@artworkad did you figure out a way? I'm trying to accomplish the same thing

[artworkad]

No, seems like it's not possible.

[rhegner]

I did it this way. In a partial class I implemented

private Task<HttpClient> CreateHttpClientAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    => Task.FromResult(HttpClientFactory.CreateClient());

This way I get a fresh HttpClient for every request. Make sure "useHttpClientCreationMethod": true is set in your config.

Then I can adjust the timeout for specific requests:

private async Task PrepareRequestAsync(HttpClient client, HttpRequestMessage request, string url, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
    if (request.Method.Method == "POST" && url.StartsWith("..."))
    {
        client.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromHours(1);
    }
}