timeout on API call
AnsweredI have read that there is a time limit of 10 minutes on API calls from workiva.
My calls are timing out at 2 minutes no matter what I set the timeout parm to be.
Am I missing parm somewhere? I am working in development environment.
Thanks
Pam
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Hello Vince O'Leary,
Currently it is a connector/platform limitation of 2minutes. Generally in a RESTful response the activity is to be stateless you do not want to wait long for an acknowledgement.
You could currently create a ticket for an enhancement for a timeout option to be added.
Thank you,
Wayne
Hi Pam,
Can you share a screen print from Chains of the error message you are receiving? What end point are you calling?
Thank you,
Wayne0
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Let me know if you need any additional information.
Pam
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Hi Pam,
I apologize for the delay... Just a few other questions to quickly level-set.
1. Can you run this RestFUL statement from another tool, like PostMan or cURL?
2. If so; how long does it take?0
Wayne
My tool that I have is timing out too.
So is there a way in Workiva to increase the timeout parm? I may need 6 minutes. Is that even doable?
I am also thinking about splitting my results into 2. Is there a way then to combine those files into one when importing to a table? I am very new to Workiva so not sure if that will even work.
Thanks
Pam
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Hi Pam,
If your other tool is timing out as well, then the Workiva platform isn't the limiting factor. It sounds like you will need to work within the confines of the vendor you are pulling data from. If splitting your data into smaller sets is possible then the Workiva platform does have the ability loop, stack/combine files for occasions like this.
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well my tool times out at 1 minute; workiva times out at 2 minutes. Is there a way to extend the timeout in workiva? I tried on the HTTPS call but doesn't seem to have an affect
That is my basic question.
Thanks.
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Pam,
Currently there is no way to change the default wait time.
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Pam,
The timeout appears to be controlled by the system to which you are attempting to connect. This appears to be a state government application which may have additional security layers in place that impact the ability to use this REST API (think IP filtering). If you have a contact for this system, I would reach out and ask if there is any documentation for the API. Review it for timeout settings as well as IP whitelisting. Unfortunately as Wayne noted, this isn't a problem on the Workiva side so there isn't much we can do to help.
Sorry!
Tony
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Experiencing the same issue as this user, exactly at the 2 min mark.
(Client.Timeout exceeded while awaiting headers)
As the target server in our case is internally owned, can confirm the 2 min limitation is definitely set by the Client (workiva) and not by the server, which aligns with the error message stating 'Client.Timeout exceeded'.As it's been a while since this original post, curious, is there a way to increase the maximum Client.Timeout value, say from 120 seconds to 480? If not, is there another recommended resolution to avoid this error when needing to wait for longer-running processes to complete?
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Has there been any updated from Workiva on this? During our third quarter we were seeing the same timeout error others in this thread are indicating at the two minute mark of the API call, however, over the past couple weeks, we have not timed out and the API call has regularly exceeded 3 minutes and executed without error.
Is this a result of an update or enhancement? If not, why is our API call no longer experiencing a time out error? Our concern is we go into our next quarter end and the time out returns if we do not know why it is not currently happening.
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