Define a time limit in Java with Netty
In this guide, we'll show you how to define a time limit for PDF conversions using Java and the Netty library.
When converting documents to PDF, you might want to set a timeout to prevent long-running conversions from blocking your application.
import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap;
import io.netty.channel.*;
import io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup;
import io.netty.channel.socket.SocketChannel;
import io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioSocketChannel;
import io.netty.handler.codec.http.*;
import io.netty.util.CharsetUtil;
// You can get an API key at https://pdfshift.io
String apiKey = "sk_xxxxxxxxxxxx";
EventLoopGroup group = new NioEventLoopGroup();
try {
Bootstrap b = new Bootstrap();
b.group(group)
.channel(NioSocketChannel.class)
.handler(new ChannelInitializer<SocketChannel>() {
@Override
public void initChannel(SocketChannel ch) {
ChannelPipeline p = ch.pipeline();
p.addLast(new HttpClientCodec());
p.addLast(new HttpObjectAggregator(1024 * 1024));
}
});
Channel ch = b.connect("api.pdfshift.io", 443).sync().channel();
FullHttpRequest request = new DefaultFullHttpRequest(
HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1, HttpMethod.POST, "/v3/convert/pdf");
request.headers().set(HttpHeaderNames.HOST, "api.pdfshift.io");
request.headers().set("X-API-Key", apiKey);
request.headers().set(HttpHeaderNames.CONTENT_TYPE, "application/json");
String payload = "{\n" +
" \"source\": \"https://www.example.com\",\n" +
" \"timeout\": 30\n" +
"}";
request.content().writeBytes(payload.getBytes(CharsetUtil.UTF_8));
request.headers().setInt(HttpHeaderNames.CONTENT_LENGTH, request.content().readableBytes());
ChannelFuture f = ch.writeAndFlush(request);
f.addListener(ChannelFutureListener.CLOSE);
// Handle response and save PDF...
System.out.println("The PDF document was generated and saved to result.pdf");
} finally {
group.shutdownGracefully();
}
This allows you to control how long a conversion can take before timing out.
For further details on the timeout property and its usage, please refer to our dedicated documentation.
We hope this guide was helpful. If you have any questions or noticed any issues on the code above,
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