Setting connection timeout also affects Net::HTTP open_timeout.

[#2947 state:resolved]

activeresource/lib/active_resource/connection.rb

@@ -137,15 +137,27 @@ module ActiveResource
       # Creates new Net::HTTP instance for communication with the
       # remote service and resources.
       def http
-        http =
-          if @proxy
-            Net::HTTP.new(@site.host, @site.port, @proxy.host, @proxy.port, @proxy.user, @proxy.password)
-          else
-            Net::HTTP.new(@site.host, @site.port)
-          end
+        configure_http(new_http)
+      end
+
+      def new_http
+        if @proxy
+          Net::HTTP.new(@site.host, @site.port, @proxy.host, @proxy.port, @proxy.user, @proxy.password)
+        else
+          Net::HTTP.new(@site.host, @site.port)
+        end
+      end
+
+      def configure_http(http)
         http.use_ssl = @site.is_a?(URI::HTTPS)
         http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE if http.use_ssl?
-        http.read_timeout = @timeout if @timeout # If timeout is not set, the default Net::HTTP timeout (60s) is used.
+
+        # Net::HTTP timeouts default to 60 seconds.
+        if @timeout
+          http.open_timeout = @timeout
+          http.read_timeout = @timeout
+        end
+
         http
       end
 

activeresource/test/connection_test.rb

@@ -185,6 +185,17 @@ class ConnectionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_raise(ActiveResource::TimeoutError) { @conn.get('/people_timeout.xml') }
   end
 
+  def test_setting_timeout
+    http = Net::HTTP.new('')
+
+    [10, 20].each do |timeout|
+      @conn.timeout = timeout
+      @conn.send(:configure_http, http)
+      assert_equal timeout, http.open_timeout
+      assert_equal timeout, http.read_timeout
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_accept_http_header
     @http = mock('new Net::HTTP')
     @conn.expects(:http).returns(@http)