package retrieval import ( "net" "net/http" "time" ) // NewDeadlineClient returns a new http.Client which will time out long running // requests. func NewDeadlineClient(timeout time.Duration) http.Client { return http.Client{ Transport: &http.Transport{ // We need to disable keepalive, becasue we set a deadline on the // underlying connection. DisableKeepAlives: true, Dial: func(netw, addr string) (c net.Conn, err error) { start := time.Now() c, err = net.DialTimeout(netw, addr, timeout) if err == nil { c.SetDeadline(start.Add(timeout)) } return }, }, } }