Sometimes, we want to modify the Node.js request default timeout time.

In this article, we’ll look at how to modify the Node.js request default timeout time.

How to modify the Node.js request default timeout time?

To modify the Node.js request default timeout time, we can set the timeout option when we call request.

For instance, we write

const options = {
  url: 'http://example.com',
  timeout: 120000
}

request(options, (err, resp, body) => {
  //...
});

to call request with options.

We set the timeout option to set the request timeout to 120000 milliseconds.

Conclusion

To modify the Node.js request default timeout time, we can set the timeout option when we call request.