Operation timed out error when downloading with WebClient

Question

I am getting Operation timed out exception .

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.Net;

namespace Timer1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {

            Timer t = new Timer(TimerCallback, null, 0, 420000); // 7 minutes

        }
        private static void TimerCallback(Object o)
        {


            string url = string.Empty;
            WebClient client = new WebClient();
            url = @"http://myurl.com";
            client.DownloadString(url);


        }
    }
}

Is there a way to increase timeout property ? Please help.

look at this answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/711311/setting-timeout-value-for-net-web-service — Rachel Gallen, Feb 03 '13 at 07:13
thanks , checked it , answers mention to increase timeout property but there is no timeout property for WebClient object. — Mudassir Hasan, Feb 03 '13 at 07:16
Look at this Answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/601861/set-timeout-for-webclient-downloadfile — One Man Crew, Feb 03 '13 at 07:23

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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The simplest answer is to use client.Timeout = 420000 (WebRequest.Timeout), but if you are going to do that with a timer, you might as well try an asynchronous version. Something along the lines of Set timeout for webClient.DownloadFile()

edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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answered Feb 03 '13 at 07:18

Gonzalo

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does the Timeout property exist for WebClient ? – Mudassir Hasan Feb 03 '13 at 07:20
I added a link to the MSDN doc on the property. – Gonzalo Feb 03 '13 at 07:22
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m.hasan, look at the `WebRequest.Timout` property click on the link and I think that this will answer the question for you – MethodMan Feb 03 '13 at 07:22

Operation timed out error when downloading with WebClient

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