Is there a default timeout in Node.js for http.request?

Question

In Node.js there is a default timeout for a server (for an incoming HTTP request) at 120000ms (2 minutes) (see HTTP\'s server.timeout documentation).

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Answer 1

No. There is no default timeout.

Node.js uses Socket under the hood of http request and socket does not have the timeout by default.

Use the {timeout: XX} parameter of http.request to configure a proper request timeout.