Apache HttpClient timeout

Question

Is there a way to specify a timeout for the whole execution of HttpClient?

I have tried the following:

httpClient.getParams().setParameter("http.socket.timeout", timeout * 1000);
httpClient.getParams().setParameter("http.connection.timeout", timeout * 1000);
httpClient.getParams().setParameter("http.connection-manager.timeout", new Long(timeout * 1000));
httpClient.getParams().setParameter("http.protocol.head-body-timeout", timeout * 1000);

It actually works fine, except if a remote host sends back data - even at one byte/second - it will continue to read forever! But I want to interrupt the connection in 10 seconds max, whether or not the host responds.

Answer 1

For a newer version of httpclient (e.g. http components 4.3 - https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-4.3.x/index.html):

int CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MS = timeoutSeconds * 1000; // Timeout in millis.
RequestConfig requestConfig = RequestConfig.custom()
    .setConnectionRequestTimeout(CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MS)
    .setConnectTimeout(CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MS)
    .setSocketTimeout(CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MS)
    .build();

HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(URL);
httpPost.setConfig(requestConfig);