Xamarin HttpClient: TaskCancelledException

Question

I using HttpClient to send post request on local server (powered on LAMP or MAMP, tried both) but can't get answer, always getting "Task cancelled exception" with following code

try
{
    using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
    {
        client.Timeout = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 10);
        var sendContent = new StringContent(serialized);

        using (HttpResponseMessage response = await client.PostAsync(url.ToString(), sendContent))
        {
            if (response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
                return MakeError("Bad status: " + response.StatusCode.ToString());

            using (HttpContent content = response.Content)
            {
                string str = await content.ReadAsStringAsync();
                if (str == null)
                    return MakeError("Got null answer");

                App.Log("Response: " + str);
                return str;
            }
        }
    }
}
catch (Exception e)
{
    App.Log("There is something bad with request: " + serialized + " the error was " + e.Message + " url = " + url.ToString());

    return MakeError("Timed out");
}

the url is right, if I trying to execute this code on C# Console Application I can get answer (but not with Xamarin, both Android and iOS, on device and emulators).

I also tried to sniff HTTP packets, and I saw that answer was sent by my local server, but Xamarin didn't handled this right way. BUT, if replace url with domain (for example http://stackoverflow.com) I can get answer.

Following HTTP answer headers:

Connection →close (keep-alive doesn't works too)
Content-Length →951
Content-Type →application/json
Date →Thu, 16 Jun 2016 18:11:40 GMT
Server →Apache
X-Powered-By →PHP/5.5.14

Any suggestions?

what specific url are you using? Keep in mind that if you are running this is an Android/iOS emulator/simulator, it has a separate IP from your local PC and can't use localhost to talk to the server. It may also not be able to resolve a local URL. — Jason
– Jason, Commented Jun 16, 2016 at 19:15

hvaughan3 · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-15 14:12:00Z

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One possible issue is your 8 second timeout.

From HttpClient documentation:

The default value is 100,000 milliseconds (100 seconds).

A Domain Name System (DNS) query may take up to 15 seconds to return or time out. If your request contains a host name that requires resolution and you set Timeout to a value less than 15 seconds, it may take 15 seconds or more before a WebException is thrown to indicate a timeout on your request.

So 15 seconds at least are needed for the DNS query if that is taking place in your call. Remove the timeout and see if the issue is still there.

edited Nov 15, 2016 at 14:12

answered Jun 16, 2016 at 19:17

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Alex Over a year ago

wow, I wonder but this works! Strange that my url contained no domain, but IP and DNS is still need. Thank you a lot.

hvaughan3 Over a year ago

@AlexBakanov No problem. It may be that DNS is not being used but that the request just took longer than 8 seconds regardless. Glad I could help.

Zumry Mohamed · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-13 07:54:17Z

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I had the same issue. i have added following line, i was able to get the response.

httpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.ConnectionClose = true;

just try.

answered Dec 13, 2018 at 7:54

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