FtpWebRequest.Timeout Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Net

Assemblies:: netstandard.dll, System.Net.Requests.dll

Assembly:: System.Net.Requests.dll

Assembly:: System.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Source:: FtpWebRequest.cs

Source:: FtpWebRequest.cs

Source:: FtpWebRequest.cs

Important

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Gets or sets the number of milliseconds to wait for a request.

public:
 virtual property int Timeout { int get(); void set(int value); };

public override int Timeout { get; set; }

member this.Timeout : int with get, set

Public Overrides Property Timeout As Integer

Property Value

Int32

An Int32 value that contains the number of milliseconds to wait before a request times out. The default value is Infinite.

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

The value specified is less than zero and is not Infinite.

InvalidOperationException

A new value was specified for this property for a request that is already in progress.

Examples

The following code example sets this property.

static bool UploadUniqueFileOnServer( Uri^ serverUri, String^ fileName )
{
   // The URI described by serverUri should use the ftp:// scheme.
   // It contains the name of the directory on the server.
   // Example: ftp://contoso.com.
   // 
   // The fileName parameter identifies the file containing the data to be uploaded.
   if ( serverUri->Scheme != Uri::UriSchemeFtp )
   {
      return false;
   }

   // Get the object used to communicate with the server.
   FtpWebRequest^ request = dynamic_cast<FtpWebRequest^>(WebRequest::Create( serverUri ));
   request->Method = WebRequestMethods::Ftp::UploadFileWithUniqueName;

   // Don't set a time limit for the operation to complete.
   request->Timeout = System::Threading::Timeout::Infinite;

   // Copy the file contents to the request stream.
   const int bufferLength = 2048;
   array<Byte>^buffer = gcnew array<Byte>(bufferLength);
   int count = 0;
   int readBytes = 0;
   FileStream^ stream = File::OpenRead( fileName );
   Stream^ requestStream = request->GetRequestStream();
   do
   {
      readBytes = stream->Read( buffer, 0, bufferLength );
      requestStream->Write( buffer, 0, bufferLength );
      count += readBytes;
   }
   while ( readBytes != 0 );

   Console::WriteLine( "Writing {0} bytes to the stream.", count );
   
   // IMPORTANT: Close the request stream before sending the request.
   requestStream->Close();
   FtpWebResponse^ response = dynamic_cast<FtpWebResponse^>(request->GetResponse());
   Console::WriteLine( "Upload status: {0}, {1}", response->StatusCode, response->StatusDescription );
   Console::WriteLine( "File name: {0}", response->ResponseUri );
   response->Close();
   return true;
}

public static bool UploadUniqueFileOnServer (Uri serverUri, string fileName)
{
    // The URI described by serverUri should use the ftp:// scheme.
    // It contains the name of the directory on the server.
    // Example: ftp://contoso.com.
    //
    // The fileName parameter identifies the file containing the data to be uploaded.

    if (serverUri.Scheme != Uri.UriSchemeFtp)
    {
        return false;
    }
    // Get the object used to communicate with the server.
    FtpWebRequest request = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(serverUri);
    request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.UploadFileWithUniqueName;
    // Set a time limit for the operation to complete.
    request.Timeout = 600000;

    // Copy the file contents to the request stream.
    const int bufferLength = 2048;
    byte[] buffer = new byte[bufferLength];
    int count = 0;
    int readBytes = 0;
    FileStream stream = File.OpenRead(fileName);
    Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream();
    do
    {
        readBytes = stream.Read(buffer, 0, bufferLength);
        requestStream.Write(buffer, 0, bufferLength);
        count += readBytes;
    }
    while (readBytes != 0);

    Console.WriteLine ("Writing {0} bytes to the stream.", count);
    // IMPORTANT: Close the request stream before sending the request.
    requestStream.Close();
    FtpWebResponse response = (FtpWebResponse) request.GetResponse();
    Console.WriteLine("Upload status: {0}, {1}",response.StatusCode, response.StatusDescription);
    Console.WriteLine ("File name: {0}", response.ResponseUri);
    response.Close();
    return true;
}

Remarks

To specify an infinite value, set the Timeout property to Infinite (-1). This is the default value.

Timeout is the number of milliseconds that a synchronous request made with the GetResponse method waits for a response and that the GetRequestStream method waits for a stream. If a resource does not respond within the time-out period, the request throws a WebException with the Status property set to Timeout.

Changing Timeout after calling the GetRequestStream, BeginGetRequestStream, GetResponse, or BeginGetResponse method causes an InvalidOperationException exception.

A Domain Name System (DNS) query may take up to 15 seconds to return or time out. If your request contains a host name that requires resolution and you set Timeout to a value less than 15 seconds, it may take 15 seconds or more before a WebException is thrown to indicate a time-out on your request.

Applies to

Product	Versions
.NET	Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework	2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard	2.0, 2.1

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