Express.js HTTP request timeout

Question

I was wondering if anyone could tell me what the default HTTP request timeout is when using express.

What I mean by this is: after how many seconds of dealing with a

Answer 1

The default request timeout in Node v0.9+ is 2 minutes. That is what express uses.

You can increase it for a single route using:

app.get('/longendpoint', function (req, res) {
   req.setTimeout(360000); // 5 minutes
   ...
});