[feature] Allow setting read timeout of underlying async HTTP client Request

[rpiaggio]

Be able to set wsRequest.withReadTimeout(duration), mainly to avoid read timeout exceptions in long-running stream requests.

Play WS Version (2.5.x / etc)

2.6+

API (Scala / Java / Neither / Both)

Both

Operating System (Ubuntu 15.10 / MacOS 10.10 / Windows 10)

Use uname -a if on Linux.

JDK (Oracle 1.8.0_72, OpenJDK 1.8.x, Azul Zing)

Paste the output from java -version at the command line.

Library Dependencies

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Expected Behavior

Example:

• Set wsRequest.withReadTimeout(Duration.Inf).
• Initiate a long-running streaming request with .stream.
• Stop getting these exceptions:

Caused by: java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException: Read timeout to localhost/127.0.0.1:5984 after 120000 ms
        at play.shaded.ahc.org.asynchttpclient.netty.timeout.TimeoutTimerTask.expire(TimeoutTimerTask.java:43)
        at play.shaded.ahc.org.asynchttpclient.netty.timeout.ReadTimeoutTimerTask.run(ReadTimeoutTimerTask.java:54)
        at play.shaded.ahc.io.netty.util.HashedWheelTimer$HashedWheelTimeout.expire(HashedWheelTimer.java:663)
        at play.shaded.ahc.io.netty.util.HashedWheelTimer$HashedWheelBucket.expireTimeouts(HashedWheelTimer.java:738)
        at play.shaded.ahc.io.netty.util.HashedWheelTimer$Worker.run(HashedWheelTimer.java:466)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

Actual Behavior

There's currently no way to set read timeout, which defaults to 120000ms.

[RichardSmithONS]

Can this be overriden in config? My stream was failing with a "502 Bad Gateway" after 85 seconds, but the setting play.server.http.idleTimeout = 900 seconds in application.conf fixed that, only for it to subsequently fail with "Read timeout after 120000 ms" at 2 minutes.

[qbrent]

Any known workarounds or updates here?

[RichardSmithONS]

play.ws.timeout.request=900s play.ws.timeout.idle=900s play.ws.timeout.connection=900s

in the application.conf allowed my long requests to work - previously I was getting a numberformat exception when setting these values, not knowing that in Play 2.6 you have to include the time units (e.g. s or ms)