HTTP-Cage.
Global timeouts for Ruby's Net::HTTP.
Why.
Net::HTTP by default has a connect timeout of 60 seconds and a request timeout of 60 seconds, a 2 minutes worst-case scenario timeout.
These defaults are kinda dangerous in a micro-services environment, where requests should happen fast or just timeout, to avoid server processes locking.
This gem lets you globally restrict timeouts of Net::HTTP calls, so that all gems and libraries that use Net::HTTP will timeout fast.
Installation.
- Add it to your Gemfile:
ruby gem 'http-cage'
Usage.
# Initialize the cage in your app initializer.
HTTPCage.timeout(connection: 3, request: 5)
# Increase global timeouts in a delayed job, for example.
HTTPCage.timeout(connection: 10, request: 30)
Test.
bundle exec rake test:all
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