How to set Request Timeout in SendHttpRequest in Elsa 3.x

[hmorovati]

Hi
I want to send a http request using SendHttpRequest but it takes a long time and the request is timed out in 100 seconds. I could change the request time out in Elsa Source in SendHttpRequestBase.cs in TrySendAsync but it's not good when deploying the project.

So could you help me with that?

[glime-ai[bot]]

To change the timeout for the SendHttpRequest activity in Elsa without modifying the source code, you can configure the HttpClient used by Elsa when setting up your services. This can be done in the Startup.cs or Program.cs file of your ASP.NET Core application, depending on the version you are using.

For example, you can configure the HttpClient timeout like this:

services.AddElsa(elsa => elsa
    .AddHttpActivities(options => options
        .ConfigureHttpClient(client => client.Timeout = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(5)) // Set the desired timeout
    )
);

This code snippet sets the timeout for all HTTP requests made by the SendHttpRequest activity to 5 minutes. You can adjust the TimeSpan to the desired timeout duration.

Remember to place this configuration code in the appropriate place in your application's startup sequence, where you are configuring Elsa services.

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[hmorovati]

It doesn't work in Elsa 3.x