Override timeout for a route

[adityagoel19]

Hi,

I have app level timeout set with the following code:
app.use(connectTimeout('30s'));

I want to override the 30s timeout in a particular route and increase it's value. I tried passing it in middleware but it doesn't work.

router.post("/process", connectTimeout('1000s'), async (req, res) => {

This route still times out in 30 seconds. Please tell me how to do this?

[Jonah Werre]

I've run into this same problem.

[adityagoel19]

Found something that works.
Following clears the global app timeout in a particular route.
req.clearTimeout();
And then you write your own setTimeout function to handle things in a particular route.

[Jonah Werre]

I think you've got to be careful with clearTimeout since...

The timeout is completely removed and will not fire for this request in the future.

Ultimately I think this entire module is a bit out of date particularly since it's so easy to create your own middleware. E.G.:

	app.use( function(req, res, next) {
	  res.setTimeout(120000, function() {
	    return next( new Error('408: Timeout') );
	  });
	  return next();
	});


	// overwrite it like so:
	router.get("/long/timeout" function(req, res, next) {

	  req.setTimeout(300000, function() {
	    return next( new Error('408: Timeout') );
	  });
	  
	  res.send('Success')
	});