Handle timeout with Alamofire

Question

Is it possible to add timeout handler for Alamofire request?

In my project I use Alamofire this way:

init() {
    let configuration = NSURLSessionConfiguration.defaultSessionConfiguration()
    configuration.timeoutIntervalForRequest = 30

    self.alamofireManager = Alamofire.Manager(configuration: configuration)
}

func requestAuthorizationWithEmail(email:NSString, password:NSString, completion: (result: RequestResult) -> Void) {

    self.alamofireManager!.request(.POST, "myURL", parameters:["email": email, "password":password])
        .responseJSON { response in
            switch response.result {
            case .Success(let JSON):
                //do json stuff
            case .Failure(let error):
                print("\n\nAuth request failed with error:\n \(error)")
                completion(result: .ConnectionFailed)
            }
    }
}

EDIT:

request fail message

Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1001 "The request timed out." UserInfo={NSUnderlyingError=0x7fc10b937320 {Error Domain=kCFErrorDomainCFNetwork Code=-1001 "(null)" UserInfo={_kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-2102, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=4}}, NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=url, NSErrorFailingURLKey=url, _kCFStreamErrorDomainKey=4, _kCFStreamErrorCodeKey=-2102, NSLocalizedDescription=The request timed out.}

Answer 1

Make extension of SessionManager and write a public static variable like this, "requestTimeOutInterval" this is a public variable. it has time.

extension SessionManager {
    public static let custom: SessionManager = {
        let configuration = URLSessionConfiguration.default
        configuration.timeoutIntervalForRequest = requestTimeOutInterval
        configuration.httpAdditionalHeaders = SessionManager.defaultHTTPHeaders

        return SessionManager(configuration: configuration)
    }()
}

Answer 2

Swift 3, Alamofire 4.5.0

I wanted to set the same timeout for every HTTP call in my project.

The key idea is to declare the Alamofire Session Manager as a global variable. Then to create a URLSessionConfiguration variable, set its timeout in seconds and assign it to the manager.

Every call in the project can use this configured session manager.

In my case the global Alamofire Session Manager variable was set in AppDelegate file (globally) and its configuration was managed in its didFinishLaunchingWithOptions method

AppDelegate.swift

import UIKit

var AFManager = SessionManager()

@UIApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {

    var window: UIWindow?

    func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {

        let configuration = URLSessionConfiguration.default
        configuration.timeoutIntervalForRequest = 4 // seconds
        configuration.timeoutIntervalForResource = 4 //seconds
        AFManager = Alamofire.SessionManager(configuration: configuration)

        return true
    }
    ...
}

From now the Alamofire request function can be called from any part of the app using the afManager.

For example:

AFManager.request("yourURL", method: .post, parameters: parameters, encoding: JSONEncoding.default).validate().responseJSON { response in
    ...
}

Answer 3

Swift 3.x

class NetworkHelper {
    static let shared = NetworkHelper()
    var manager: SessionManager {
        let manager = Alamofire.SessionManager.default
        manager.session.configuration.timeoutIntervalForRequest = 10
        return manager
    }
    func postJSONData( withParams parameters: Dictionary<String, Any>, toUrl urlString: String, completion: @escaping (_ error: Error,_ responseBody: Dictionary<String, AnyObject>?)->()) {
        manager.request(urlString, method: .post, parameters: parameters, encoding: JSONEncoding.default).responseJSON { response in 
            if let error = response.result.error {
                if error._code == NSURLErrorTimedOut {
                    print("Time out occurs!")
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Answer 4

You can compare error._code and if it is equal to -1001 which is NSURLErrorTimedOut then you know this was a timeout.

let manager = Alamofire.SessionManager.default
manager.session.configuration.timeoutIntervalForRequest = 120

manager.request("yourUrl", method: .post, parameters: ["parameterKey": "value"])
        .responseJSON {
            response in
            switch (response.result) {
            case .success: // succes path 
            case .failure(let error):
                if error._code == NSURLErrorTimedOut {
                    print("Request timeout!")
                }
            }
        }

Answer 5

Swift 3

Accepted answer didn't worked for me.

After lot of research I did like this.

let manager = Alamofire.SessionManager.default
manager.session.configuration.timeoutIntervalForRequest = 120

manager.request("yourUrl", method: .post, parameters: ["parameterKey": "value"])

Answer 6

Swift 4

This my way and timeout feature is workable, meanwhile practices singleton for api class. reference from here

struct AlamofireManager {
    static let shared: SessionManager = {
        let configuration = URLSessionConfiguration.default
        configuration.timeoutIntervalForRequest = 5
        let sessionManager = Alamofire.SessionManager(configuration: configuration, delegate: SessionDelegate(), serverTrustPolicyManager: nil)
        return sessionManager
    }()
}

class Auth {
    static let api = Auth()

    private init() {}

    func headers() -> HTTPHeaders {
        return [
            "Accept": "XXX",
            "Authorization": "XXX",
            "Content-Type": "XXX"
        ]
    }

    func querySample() {

        AlamofireManager.shared.request("api_post_url", method: .post, parameters: ["parametersKey": "value"], encoding: JSONEncoding.default, headers: headers())
            .responseJSON(queue: DispatchQueue.global(), options: []) { (response) in
            switch response.result {
            case .success(let value):
                // do your statement
            case .failure(let error):
                if error._code == NSURLErrorTimedOut {
                    // timeout error statement
                } else {
                    // other error statement
                }
            }
        })
    }

    func queryOtherSample() {

        AlamofireManager.shared.request("api_get_url", method: .get, parameters: nil, encoding: JSONEncoding.default, headers: headers())
            .responseJSON(queue: DispatchQueue.global(), options: []) { (response) in
            switch response.result {
            case .success(let value):
                // do your statement
            case .failure(let error):
                if error._code == NSURLErrorTimedOut {
                    // timeout error statement
                } else {
                    // other error statement
                }
            }
        })
    }

}