NSMutableURLRequest not obeying my timeoutInterval

nsurlconnection nsurlrequest nsmutableurlrequest
kubi picture kubi · Apr 29, 2010 · Viewed 23.3k times · Source

I'm POST'ing a small image, so i'd like the timeout interval to be short. If the image doesn't send in a few seconds, it's probably never going to send. For some unknown reason my NSURLConnection is never failing, no matter how short I set the timeoutInterval. 

// Create the URL request
NSMutableURLRequest *request = [[NSMutableURLRequest alloc] 
                                 initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.tumblr.com/api/write"]
                                 cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy
                                 timeoutInterval:0.00000001];

/* Populate the request, this part works fine */

[NSURLConnection connectionWithRequest:request delegate:self];

I have a breakpoint set on - (void)connection:(NSURLConnection *)connection didFailWithError:(NSError *)error but it's never being triggered. My images continue to be posted just fine, they're showing up on Tumblr despite the tiny timeoutInterval.

Answer

François P. picture François P. · May 5, 2010

There's a thread on Apple dev forums discussing this issue. Apparently on iPhone OS, the setter mandates timeoutInterval a minimum of 240 seconds (4 minutes). This only occurs when the postBody is not empty (typically when using a POST request). This seems crazy, but apparently it's there to make sure requests leave the system even though it might take many seconds for the WWAN (3G) interface to wake up. 240 seconds seems rather steep, so they suggest to set a timer and cancel the asynchronous connection when your timer fires. I know this seems stupid, but that's the only I managed to get timeout for POST requests... :-(

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