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title: "Connection Timeout in URLConnection using java?"  
description: "Connection Timeout in URLConnection using java?"  
author: "Kate Smith"  
published: 2013-10-05  
updated: 2013-10-05  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/1621/connection-timeout-in-urlconnection-using-java  
category: "java"  
tags: ["java"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Connection Timeout in URLConnection using java?

In the below line of [code](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85458/alan-turing-the-mastermind-behind-cracking-the-enigma-code-during-world-war-ii) to get the [data](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13050/salesforce-aiming-to-dominate-predictive-analytics-with-data-science) from [web service](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/895/web-service-introduction). But its [behavior](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159354/runtimeexception-and-exception-behavior) is unexpected. Its return the data 7 to 8 times when I hit through code, but after that [connection](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13012/what-makes-ethernet-connection-better-than-wifi) [timeout](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159429/sql-query-returns-a-timeout-expired-error) error. Any Solution??

```
URL url = new URL(webPage);
URLConnection urlConnection = url.openConnection();
System.out.println("Connection Timeout  =====  "+urlConnection.getConnectTimeout());
urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Basic " + authStringEnc);
urlConnection.setConnectTimeout(20000);
InputStream is = urlConnection.getInputStream();
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is); 
```

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It is return the [Exception](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1824/objective-c-exception-handling) : java.net.SocketTimeoutException: [connect](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12810/how-to-connect-tablet-to-external-monitor-or-flat-screen-tv-using-computer-adapters) timed

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## Replies

### Reply by Hank Greenberg

This is may be internet connection issue (i.e. disconnected or slow). Increase your timeout duration.


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