# Webservice timeout issue

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webservice-timeout-issue/61581>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 25, 2006, 5:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webservice-timeout-issue/61581 "2006-05-25T05:37:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ben\_Wyrosdick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f05b48/32.png) [@Ben\_Wyrosdick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ben_Wyrosdick)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 5:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webservice-timeout-issue/61581/1 "2006-05-25T05:37:52Z")

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I am having an issue where I am trying to test a weservice that I wrote  
by  
connecting to it from ruby. When I submit my form that calls the  
webservice  
it times out. you can see from the lighttpd log that the webservice  
completes just after the timeout. any ideas? am I doing something  
wrong?

---- source ----

def validate  
auth = ActionWebService::Client::Soap.new(AuthApi, "  
[http://localhost:3000/auth/api](http://localhost:3000/auth/api)")

if params[:user]  
if auth.validate(params[:user][:username],  
params[:user][:password])  
flash[:valid] = params[:user][:username] + ’ Successfull’  
else  
flash[:valid] = params[:user][:username] + ’ Failed’  
end  
end  
end

---- loghttpd log ----

Processing UsersController#validate (for 127.0.0.1 at 2006-05-24  
22:23:46)  
[GET]  
Session ID: 2129cb461e45d4a67b014b4d265a9cda  
Parameters: {“action”=\>“validate”, “controller”=\>“users”}  
Rendering within layouts/users  
Rendering users/validate  
Completed in 0.08427 (11 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.00422 (5%) | 200 OK [  
[http://localhost/users/validate](http://localhost/users/validate)]

Processing UsersController#validate (for 127.0.0.1 at 2006-05-24  
22:24:02)  
[POST]  
Session ID: 2129cb461e45d4a67b014b4d265a9cda  
Parameters: {“user”=\>{“username”=\>“testuser”, “password”=\>“testpass”},  
“commit”=\>“Validate”, “action”=\>“validate”, “controller”=\>“users”}

Timeout::Error (execution expired):  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:54:in `rbuf_fill' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:56:in `timeout’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/timeout.rb:76:in `timeout' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:132:in `rbuf\_fill’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:116:in `readuntil' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/protocol.rb:126:in `readline’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1988:in `read_status_line' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1977:in `read\_new’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1046:in `request' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:840:in `post’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/netHttpClient.rb:93:in `post' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/netHttpClient.rb:116:in `start’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:545:in `start' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/netHttpClient.rb:115:in `start’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/netHttpClient.rb:92:in `post' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/streamHandler.rb:170:in `send\_post’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/streamHandler.rb:109:in `send' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/rpc/proxy.rb:170:in `route’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/rpc/proxy.rb:141:in `call' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/rpc/driver.rb:178:in `call’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/soap/rpc/driver.rb:232:in `validate' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionwebservice-1.1.2/lib/action_web_service/client/soap_client.rb:61:in `perform\_invocation’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionwebservice-1.1.2/lib/action\_web\_service/client/base.rb:15:in  
`method_missing' /app/controllers/users_controller.rb:60:in `validate’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action\_controller/base.rb:910:in  
`perform_action_without_filters' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:368:in `perform\_action\_without\_benchmark’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action\_controller/benchmarking.rb:69:in  
`perform_action_without_rescue' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action\_controller/benchmarking.rb:69:in  
`perform_action_without_rescue' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:82:in `perform\_action’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action\_controller/base.rb:381:in  
`process_without_filters' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:377:in `process\_without\_session\_management\_support’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action\_controller/session\_management.rb:117:in  
`process' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in `dispatch’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/fcgi\_handler.rb:150:in  
`process_request' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/fcgi_handler.rb:54:in `process!’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/fcgi.rb:600:in `each_cgi' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/fcgi.rb:597:in `each\_cgi’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/fcgi\_handler.rb:53:in  
`process!' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/fcgi_handler.rb:23:in `process!’  
/Users/bwyrosdick/rails/authenticate/public/dispatch.fcgi:24

Rendering  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.1/lib/action\_controller/templates/rescues/layout.rhtml  
(500 Internal Error)

Processing AuthController#api (for 127.0.0.1 at 2006-05-24 22:25:02)  
[POST]  
Session ID: 6615e9cda1cbf643ac216968825c39b7  
Parameters: {“\<?xml version"=\>"\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" ?\>\n\<env:Envelope xmlns:xsd="[http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\](http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema%5C)”\n  
xmlns:env="[http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\](http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/%5C)“\n  
xmlns:xsi="  
[http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\](http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance%5C)”\>\n env:Body\n  
\<n1:Validate  
xmlns:n1="urn:ActionWebService"\n env:encodingStyle="  
[http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/\](http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/%5C)“\>\n \<username  
xsi:type="xsd:string"\>testuser\n \<password  
xsi:type="xsd:string"\>testpass\n \</n1:Validate\>\n  
\</env:Body\>\n\</env:Envelope\>”, “action”=\>“api”, “controller”=\>“auth”}  
User Load (0.001179) SELECT \* FROM users WHERE (username =  
‘testuser’  
AND passwd =‘206c80413b9a96c1312cc346b7d2517b84463edd’) LIMIT 1

Web Service Request: Validate(username=\>“testuser”,  
password=\>“testpass”)  
Entrypoint: api

 \<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?\>

\<env:Envelope xmlns:xsd=“[XML Schema](http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema)”  
xmlns:env=“[http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/](http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/)”  
xmlns:xsi=“[http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance](http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance)”\>  
env:Body  
\<n1:Validate xmlns:n1=“urn:ActionWebService”  
env:encodingStyle=“[http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/](http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/)”\>  
testuser  
testpass  
\</n1:Validate\>  
\</env:Body\>  
\</env:Envelope\>

Web Service Response (0.576654): =\> false

 \<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?\>

\<env:Envelope xmlns:xsd=“[XML Schema](http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema)”  
xmlns:env=“[http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/](http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/)”  
xmlns:xsi=“[http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance](http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance)”\>  
env:Body  
\<n1:ValidateResponse xmlns:n1=“urn:ActionWebService”  
env:encodingStyle=“[http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/](http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/)”\>  
false  
\</n1:ValidateResponse\>  
\</env:Body\>  
\</env:Envelope\>  
Sending data  
Completed in 0.58673 (1 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.00014 (0%) | DB:  
0.00118(0%) | 200 OK [  
[http://localhost/auth/api](http://localhost/auth/api)]

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**Author:** ![Ben\_Wyrosdick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f05b48/32.png) [@Ben\_Wyrosdick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ben_Wyrosdick)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webservice-timeout-issue/61581/2 "2006-05-25T15:58:33Z")

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Is it possible that the lighttpd server is handling the request serially  
and  
not getting to the soap request until the original request finishes (aka  
times out)? If so is there a better way to test the web service?

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**Author:** ![Ben\_Wyrosdick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f05b48/32.png) [@Ben\_Wyrosdick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ben_Wyrosdick)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webservice-timeout-issue/61581/3 "2006-05-25T21:16:29Z")

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That is possible. How many fcgi listeners do you have set in your  
lighttpd.conf file? If its only set to one(the default) then add  
another by bumping the max-procs up to 2 and try again. That may be  
your problem/.

-Ezra

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**Author:** ![Ben\_Wyrosdick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f05b48/32.png) [@Ben\_Wyrosdick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ben_Wyrosdick)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/webservice-timeout-issue/61581/4 "2006-05-25T23:34:53Z")

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That worked … thanks so much