var x = Titanium.Network.createHTTPClient();
x.setTimeout([25000]);
x.open('POST','http://domain.com');
x.send('data');

x.onerror = function(e)
{
     Ti.API.info(e);
};

x.onload = function()
{
    /* Some code */
}

[INFO] {
error = "Error Domain=ASIHTTPRequestErrorDomain Code=2 UserInfo=0x5032cf0 "The request timed out"";
source = [object TiNetworkClient];
type = error;
}

3 Answers

• Mark: I believe Linus is trying to set a timeout on his http request, not create a javascript timer to do his network operation after 25 seconds.

  Linus: Looking at the Appcelerator Titanium source in git seems to indicate that your syntax is correct. Try calling setTimeout AFTER your x.open call, as the call to x.open may by allocating a new request and discarding your previous call to setTimeout. I don't know if this will fix your issue, but it's worth a try.

  Also, one thing you should note is that by defining your onerror and onload handlers after calling open you've created a race condition where the asynchronous network operation may complete before the function definitions are executed. Definitely want to fix that. So try this:

  var x = Titanium.Network.createHTTPClient();
  
  x.onerror = function(e)
  {
       Ti.API.info(e);
  };
  
  x.onload = function()
  {
      /* Some code */
  }
  
  x.open('POST','http://domain.com');
  x.setTimeout([25000]);
  x.send('data');
  

• If you want to add a timeout to your xhr object i'd suggest doing like this:

  var xhr = Titanium.Network.createHTTPClient({timeout:25000});
  

• The setTimeout syntax is:

  setTimeout ( expression, timeout );
  

  so I'd suggest you write a function to do the work you want and then put that function in your setTimeout call like this:

  function myWork()
  {
      var x = Titanium.Network.createHTTPClient();
      // x.setTimeout([25000]);
      x.open('POST','http://domain.com');
      x.send('data');
  
      x.onerror = function(e)
      {
           Ti.API.info(e);
      };
  
      x.onload = function()
      {
          /* Some code */
      }
  }
  setTimeout ('myWork()', 25000);