Re: Force Web Service Request To Time Out

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Use the 4th parm of the http_post_stmf() proc....

     D http_post_stmf  PR            10I 0 extproc('HTTP_URL_POST_STMF')
     D  peURL                     32767A   varying const options(*varsize)
     D  pePostFile                32767A   varying const options(*varsize)
     D  peRecvFile                32767A   varying const options(*varsize)
     D  peTimeout                    10I 0 value options(*nopass)

Charles

On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 9:38 AM (WalzCraft) Jerry Forss <
JForss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I rate shop several different carriers concurrently to find the best rate.
> Most I send a json or xml document. A couple of others its all done in the
> url call.
> They all run within 3-4 seconds, usually.
>
> Calls are like:
> Rc = http_url_get( Request : ResponseFile);
>
> rc = http_post_stmf( RateURLLive
>                        : %Trim(RequestFile)
>                        : %Trim(ResponseFile));
>
> Occasionally a carrier seems like they get stuck and hangs for a couple of
> minutes before it finally cancels.
>
> Is there a way to set the amount of time that the call will abort, say 15
> seconds?
>
> Thank You!
>
>
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