# Timeout error

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/timeout-error/154609>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 2, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/timeout-error/154609 "2008-12-02T04:42:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![manoah](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@manoah](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/manoah)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/timeout-error/154609/1 "2008-12-02T04:42:33Z")

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I am getting timeout error while sending request to API

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:57:in `rbuf_fill': execution expired (Timeout::Error) from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:59:in`timeout’  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:79:in `timeout' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:134:in`rbuf\_fill’  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:116:in `readuntil' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:126:in`readline’  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:2041:in `read_status_line' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:2030:in`read\_new’  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1071:in `request' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:411:in`post\_form’  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:553:in `start' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:410:in`post\_form’  
from wishpot.rb:54:in `create\_postrequest’  
from wishpot.rb:65

Please help me to solve this

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**Author:** ![manoah](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@manoah](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/manoah)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/timeout-error/154609/2 "2008-12-02T14:41:46Z")

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Mano ah wrote:

> Please help me to solve this

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