Can you set request timeout in asp.net core 2.0 hosted in IIS from C# code?

Question

Is there a way to set requestTimeout from C# instead of needing to set requestTimeout in the web.config?

asp.net core 2.0 hosted in IIS

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <system.webServer>
    <handlers>
      <add name="aspNetCore" path="*" verb="*" modules="AspNetCoreModule" resourceType="Unspecified" />
    </handlers>
    <aspNetCore requestTimeout="00:00:04" processPath="dotnet" arguments=".\Foo.dll" stdoutLogEnabled="false" stdoutLogFile=".\logs\stdout" />
  </system.webServer>
</configuration>

Not like this

Solution

No, there is no way to do that as you described. But according to the documentation you can just add web.config to your project and specify this (and other) setting value:

If a web.config file isn't present in the project, the file is created with the correct processPath and arguments to configure the ASP.NET Core Module and moved to published output.

If a web.config file is present in the project, the file is transformed with the correct processPath and arguments to configure the ASP.NET Core Module and moved to published output. The transformation doesn't modify IIS configuration settings in the file.

The web.config file may provide additional IIS configuration settings that control active IIS modules. For information on IIS modules that are capable of processing requests with ASP.NET Core apps, see the IIS modules topic.

To prevent the Web SDK from transforming the web.config file, use the IsTransformWebConfigDisabled property in the project file.

Comments

[Dnyaneshwar123456]

How to add Web.config if it's not present..." the file is created with the correct processPath and arguments to configure the ASP.NET Core Module " means? could please elaborate.

[Dmitry Pavlov]

@Dnyaneshwar123456 when you use IIS web.config is generated after you publish your web project. But you can just add this file to the porject root. Check this to see what can be configured, what not, and how to configure the rest.

[Dnyaneshwar123456]

I tried...I add web.config in my .net core 2.0 project and add Request timeout of 20 min for a request in API project. but still no luck...Same error getting when the Mobile app sends huge data...for publish we use Azure server hence don't know exactly what settings Azure server have.

[Catchops]

If you are using an InProcess hosting model, the requestTimeout attribute in the Web.Config is ignored. docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/host-and-deploy/…

[toha]

so how to activate if the hostingmodel is inprocess sir?

[Dmitry Pavlov]

@toha this should fo the trick <PropertyGroup><AspNetCoreHostingModel>InProcess</AspNetCore‌​HostingModel></Prope‌​rtyGroup> - see In-process hosting with IIS and ASP.NET Core