From: Nigel Gilbert <n.gilbert@...>
Date: 2003-06-19T17:16:42+09:00
Subject: Re: TCP/IP protocol and Net::HTTP

It consistently times out for me.  The default timeout time is 60  
seconds (set in net/http), and this is _much_ longer than doubleclick  
normally takes to respond (it could not serve ad banners if it normally  
responded so slowly).  Here is what I obtain:

irb(main):001:0> require 'net/http'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> Net::HTTP.get_print 'ad.doubleclick.net', '/'
TimeoutError: execution expired
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.6/timeout.rb:37:in `connect'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.6/net/protocol.rb:467:in `timeout'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.6/net/protocol.rb:467:in `connect'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.6/net/protocol.rb:449:in `initialize'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.6/net/protocol.rb:149:in `new'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.6/net/protocol.rb:149:in  
`conn_socket'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.6/net/http.rb:499:in `do_start'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.6/net/protocol.rb:131:in `start'
         from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.6/net/http.rb:458:in `get_print'
         from (irb):2
irb(main):003:0>

Perhaps there is something weird about my set up (MacOSX 10.2.6, ruby  
1.6.8), although it doesn't manifest itself in any other way.  Can  
anyone else report success or failure with this?

Nigel


On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 09:00 AM, stefano wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 03:24:30 +0900, Nigel Gilbert wrote:
>
>> However, 'ad.doubleclick.net' is an exception.  The code;
>> Net::HTTP.get_print 'ad.doubleclick.net', '/'
>> times out.
>
> It doesn't time out for me (just tried). I noticed, however,
> that this server is sometimes a bit slow to respond. What
> is the default timeout value for Net::HTTP?
>
> --  
> ste
>
>
>
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