Comments on: Configuring Timeout with Apache HttpClient 4.0

By: Parminder

Parminder — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:19:10 +0000

Thanks you!

By: mente

mente — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:07:47 +0000

For spring integration you can use HttpConnectionParamBean

By: Troy

Troy — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 22:29:41 +0000

@Brijesh:

Specifying source route:
ConnRoutePNames.LOCAL_ADDRESS=’http.route.local-address’: defines a local address to be used by all default route planner. On machines with multiple network interfaces, this parameter can be used to select the network interface from which the connection originates. This parameter expects a value of type java.net.InetAddress. If this parameter is not set, a default local address will be used automatically.

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:37:48 +0000

Likewise, just to say it worked and to thank you!

By: steve

steve — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 19:26:20 +0000

Just found this from a google search. Just a quick message to say thanks, worked perfectly here

By: Brijesh

Brijesh — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:32:36 +0000

How can i specify source IP address for HttpClient ?
My requirement is that i want to originate http request from specific Ip address.

thanks

By: Thuy

Thuy — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:02:22 +0000

Thanks for the article. Just switched to apache httpclient 4.1. Just a correction on your code (should be params rather than httpParams) :

DefaultHttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpParams params = httpClient.getParams();
HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(params, connectionTimeoutMillis);
HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(params, socketTimeoutMillis);

By: Bram Luyten

Bram Luyten — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:03:32 +0000

just what I was looking for, thanks for blogging Mattias

By: Mattias Hellborg Arthursson

Mattias Hellborg Arthursson — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:09:48 +0000

Well, I’m generally not too happy about generated code – if the API is too complicated to use with proper code the API should be simplified. Typically, HttpClient is in this category, which is why simplification is included in Spring’s RestTemplate (included in the upcoming Spring 3.0): http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/javadoc-api/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplate.html

That said, I tried the plugin out just now and I really like the it for troubleshooting and testing out e.g. rest servers. Looks pretty sweet.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:42:10 +0000

Well, If you guys are lazy and want auto generation of your Apache HttpClient code, use HTTP4E:

It is an awesome Eclipse plugin. It has tabs, syntax coloring, auto suggest, and most importantly you can create an HTTP, REST call in 5 seconds. And when you have an HTTP call the one-click Java code generation just rocks. The code generated is pure Apache HttpClient code, as the tool is build on top of Apache HttpClient.

You can use it for HTTP tampering, hacking, having fun with it.

http://http4e.roussev.org/

By: Oguen

Oguen — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:16:48 +0000

Thank you, exactly what i was looking for !

By: Mattias Hellborg Arthursson

Mattias Hellborg Arthursson — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:42:14 +0000

Ah, excellent! That was just the thing I was looking for. I completely agree that the hard-coded stuff should be avoided; I was just completely unable to find out how to do it properly. Thanks.

By: BoD

BoD — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:38:08 +0000

A better version is:

HttpParams httpParams = new BasicHttpParams();
HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpParams, connectionTimeoutMillis);
HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpParams, socketTimeoutMillis);
HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient(httpParams);

Which does the same, but avoids using hard-coded strings that may even change with the library!