FtpWebRequest.Timeout Property

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

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

Exceptions

Examples

The following code example sets this property.

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.

See also

• FtpWebResponse
• FtpStatusCode
• WebRequestMethods.Ftp
• WebRequest
• WebResponse
• WebClient