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(8000); server.addListener('listening', function () { sys.puts('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8000/'); errorTimer =setTimeout(function () { throw new Error('Timeout was not sucessful'); }, 2000); http.cat('http://localhost:8000/', 'utf8', function (err, content) { clearTimeout(errorTimer); sys.puts('HTTP REQUEST COMPLETE (this is good)'); }); });