Timeouts¶

Configure request timeouts.

Global Timeout¶

app = FastHTTP(
    get_request={"timeout": 30.0}
)

Per-Request Timeout¶

@app.get(url="https://api.example.com/fast", timeout=5.0)
async def fast_request(resp):
    return resp.json()


@app.get(url="https://api.example.com/slow", timeout=120.0)
async def slow_request(resp):
    return resp.json()

Different Timeouts by Method¶

app = FastHTTP(
    get_request={"timeout": 30.0},
    post_request={"timeout": 60.0},
    put_request={"timeout": 60.0},
    delete_request={"timeout": 30.0},
)

Recommendations¶

Request Type	Timeout
GET requests	10-30 seconds
POST/PUT requests	30-60 seconds
File uploads	120+ seconds
Quick checks	5-10 seconds

Built-in Timeouts¶

FastHTTP has built-in timeouts:

Connection timeout: 10 seconds
Request timeout: 30 seconds (default)

These prevent application hanging during network issues.