Timeout XMLHttpRequest

Question

How can I add a timeout to the following script? I want it to display text as \"Timed Out\".

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Answer 1

using the timeout properties of XMLHttpRequest object for example.

var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();

xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
    if (xhr.readyState == 4) {
        alert("ready state = 4");
    }
};

xhr.open("POST", "http://www.service.org/myService.svc/Method", true);
xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/json; charset=utf-8");
xhr.timeout = 4000; // Set timeout to 4 seconds (4000 milliseconds)
xhr.ontimeout = function () { alert("Timed out!!!"); }
xhr.send(json);

the above code works for me!

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