(Objective-C) Cancel HTTP Get Async Task if not Completed after a Max Time

Demonstrates how to wait a maximum amount of time for an asynchronous task to completed. If not completed in the allotted amount of time, the task is cancelled.

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#import <CkoHttp.h>
#import <NSString.h>
#import <CkoTask.h>

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

BOOL success;
CkoHttp *http = [[CkoHttp alloc] init];

// Set some timeouts, in seconds:
http.ConnectTimeout = [NSNumber numberWithInt:15];
// ReadTimeout specifies the max number of seconds that must elapse when no additional data is received before
// timing out.  For example, if a server sends a 300 byte response at the rate of 1 byte per second, then
// ReadTimeout would never cause a timeout because there is never a 15 second interval when nothing arrives.
http.ReadTimeout = [NSNumber numberWithInt:15];

NSString *url = @"https://your-url.com/something";
CkoTask *task = [http QuickGetStrAsync: url];
[task Run];

// Wait a maximum of waitMaxMs for the task (i.e. the HTTP GET) to complete.
// The Wait method returns when the task has been canceled, aborted, or completed, or when the max allotted time has passed.
int waitMaxMs = 20000;
[task Wait: [NSNumber numberWithInt: waitMaxMs]];

// At this point, the GET may or may not have completed.  
// Rather than checking the Task status, we can call task.Cancel because
// if the Task is no longer running (because it already completed, was canceled or aborted), then the 
// call to Cancel is a NO-OP (meaning it does nothing and the Task's status is unaffected).
// Also, task.Cancel returns YES if the task was in the "queued" or "running" state and was canceled or aborted. 
// The method returns NO if the task has any other status.
BOOL wasCanceled = [task Cancel];
if (wasCanceled == YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",@"The HTTP GET took too long and was canceled.");
}
else {
    // Find out what happened.
    if ([task.StatusInt intValue] == 7) {
        // The task completed, which means the background thread's call to QuickGetStr completed
        // with success or failure.  Find out which...
        if (task.TaskSuccess == YES) {
            // Get the string response for the call to QuickGetStr (which happened in Chilkat's background thread).
            NSString *responseStr = [task GetResultString];
            NSLog(@"%@",responseStr);
            NSLog(@"%@",@"HTTP GET successful!");
        }
        else {
            NSLog(@"%@",@"HTTP GET failed prior to waitMaxMs...");
            NSLog(@"%@",task.ResultErrorText);
        }

    }
    else {
        // The task must've been canceled or aborted by some other means..
        NSLog(@"%@%@",@"Task did not complete.  Final status: ",task.Status);
    }

}