Node-Red "http request" node stuck in requesting if no connection

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I have a flow with a http request node in it, which makes POST calls to a web service.

Everything works ok, but if the device where Node-Red is running loses connection to Internet (it is connected through LTE), the node keeps stuck in requesting state, instead of returning an error.

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Is this the normal behaviour? Could I solve it by setting a timeout? How could it be done?

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4 Answers

Updating Node-RED to latest version resolved the issue. Now I get an error as I would expect, and Node-RED does not hang.

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I have updated from version v0.19.5 to v 1.0.3.

user_15178830

To set timeout in your request, set msg.httpRequestTimeout with the number of miliseconds at the node before your request.

Example:

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inside node "Set Timeout"

msg.httpRequestTimeout = 60000;
return msg;
user_57497120

My approach to this would be to first check if the internet is available (example: by pinging google) if it fails, then return an error.

user_98832850

you can set requestTimeout input value for this particular node.

user_123100310
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