apollo-link-timeout

An Apollo Link that aborts requests that aren't completed within a specified timeout period. Note that timeouts are enforced for query and mutation operations only (not subscriptions).

Installation

npm install apollo-link-timeout

or

yarn add apollo-link-timeout

Usage

import ApolloLinkTimeout from 'apollo-link-timeout';
import { createHttpLink } from 'apollo-link-http';
import { ApolloClient } from 'apollo-client';

...

const timeoutLink = new ApolloLinkTimeout(10000); // 10 second timeout

const httpLink = createHttpLink({ uri: "/graphql" });

const timeoutHttpLink = timeoutLink.concat(httpLink);

const apolloClient = new ApolloClient({ link: timeoutHttpLink });

// use timeout-enabled Apollo client...

// Override timeout from any query
<Query
 query={SOME_QUERY}
 variables={{
    someVar1: "foo",
    someVar2: "bar",
   }}
  context={{ timeout: 3000 }}
>
// ...

API

new ApolloLinkTimeout(timeout?, statusCode?)

Creates a new TimeoutLink instance that aborts requests if the timeout expires before the response is received.

Parameters:

• timeout (optional): The timeout in milliseconds for the request. Defaults to 15000ms (15 seconds) if omitted.
• statusCode (optional): The HTTP status code to return when a timeout occurs. Defaults to 408 (Request Timeout) if omitted.

Overriding Timeout Per Operation

You can override the default timeout for individual operations by setting a timeout value in the operation context:

// Override timeout in a query
<Query
  query={SOME_QUERY}
  variables={{
    someVar1: "foo",
    someVar2: "bar",
  }}
  context={{ timeout: 3000 }} // 3 second timeout for this query
>
  // ...
</Query>


// Or when calling the client directly
apolloClient.query({
  query: SOME_QUERY,
  context: { timeout: 5000 } // 5 second timeout
});

// Or via a prior link
const link = new ApolloLink((operation, forward) => {
  operation.setContext({ timeout: 5000 });
});
link.concat(timeoutLink);

The timeout resolution follows this priority: operation-level context timeout > link-level timeout > default (15000ms).

Disabling Timeout

To disable the timeout for a specific operation, set the timeout to a negative value in the operation context:

apolloClient.query({
  query: SOME_QUERY,
  context: { timeout: -1 } // Disable timeout for this query
});

When a negative timeout is provided, the timeout link will be skipped and the operation will proceed without any timeout enforcement.

See Apollo documentation for information on using the Apollo client.