HttpWebRequest.ReadWriteTimeout Property
Definition
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Gets or sets a time-out in milliseconds when writing to or reading from a stream.
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property int ReadWriteTimeout { int get(); void set(int value); };public int ReadWriteTimeout { get; set; }member this.ReadWriteTimeout : int with get, setPublic Property ReadWriteTimeout As IntegerProperty Value
The number of milliseconds before the writing or reading times out. The default value is 300,000 milliseconds (5 minutes).
Exceptions
The request has already been sent.
The value specified for a set operation is less than or equal to zero and is not equal to Infinite
Examples
The following code example shows how to set the ReadWriteTimeout property.
HttpWebRequest myReq =
(HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://www.contoso.com/");
myReq.ReadWriteTimeout = 100000;
Remarks
Caution
WebRequest, HttpWebRequest, ServicePoint, and WebClient are obsolete, and you shouldn't use them for new development. Use HttpClient instead.
The ReadWriteTimeout property is used when writing to the stream returned by the GetRequestStream method or reading from the stream returned by the GetResponseStream method.
Specifically, the ReadWriteTimeout property controls the time-out for the Read method, which is used to read the stream returned by the GetResponseStream method, and for the Write method, which is used to write to the stream returned by the GetRequestStream method.
To specify the amount of time to wait for the request to complete, use the Timeout property.
