node/test/simple/test-http-set-timeout.js

require("../common");
var sys = require('sys'),
   http = require('http');

server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  sys.puts('got request. setting 1 second timeout');
  req.connection.setTimeout(500);

  req.connection.addListener('timeout', function(){
    sys.debug("TIMEOUT");
    server.close();
  });
});

server.listen(PORT, function () {
  sys.puts('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:'+PORT+'/');

  errorTimer =setTimeout(function () {
    throw new Error('Timeout was not sucessful');
  }, 2000);

  http.cat('http://localhost:'+PORT+'/', 'utf8', function (err, content) {
    clearTimeout(errorTimer);
    sys.puts('HTTP REQUEST COMPLETE (this is good)');
  });
});