I have the following PHP Script on server that will wait 10 seconds and say Hello
:
<php sleep(10); ?>Hello
On the client side (node), I have the following:
var http = require('http');
http.get ('http://example.com/sleep.php', function (resp) {
resp.on('data', function (d) {
console.log ('data!', d.toString());
});
resp.on('end', function (d) {
console.log ('Finished!');
});
}).on('error', function (e) {
console.log ('error:', e);
});
The problem is, if the internet connection stopped during the request, it will not trigger error
OR end
events.
To re-produce the problem:
- Place the PHP script somewhere on the Internet
- Execute the node script
- Disconnect the Internet
- The script does nothing
I've also found that if the connection is back within 10 seconds, it can still receive the message.
So, I made a simple interval loop to check the status. However it can't detect if the connection has stopped working or still waiting for response:
var http = require('http');
var lastRespond = 0, intervalCheck;
var respFinished = false;
http.get ('http://jixun.no-ip.org/sleep.php', function (resp) {
resp.on('data', function (d) {
lastRespond = new Date;
console.log ('data!', d.toString());
});
resp.on('end', function (d) {
respFinished = true;
console.log ('Finished!');
});
}).on('error', function (e) {
console.log ('error:', e);
});
intervalCheck = setInterval(function () {
if (respFinished) {
clearInterval(intervalCheck);
} else if (new Date - lastRespond >= 120000) {
console.log ('Timeout :(');
clearInterval(intervalCheck);
}
}, 120000); // 2 mins.
So my question is: Is there any way to check if the socket closed / connection stopped after sending the request? Thanks in advance.