Getting SocketTimeoutException error while trying to read a feature file in Karate

Question

In one of our use case, we are trying to read a feature file that's sole purpose is to Authenticate the user. From it's response, I am then extracting token and sessionId information that would be passed as a Header in the next API call.

CallingFeature

RetrieveOffers.feature

And call read('classpath:features/AuthenticateUser.feature')
* def token = response.data.uToken
* def sessionId = response.data.user.uSessionId
* configure headers = call read('classpath:headers.js) {uToken : #(token), uSessionId : #(sessionId)'}
And call read('classpath:features/EligibleOffer.feature)
And path '/api/v1/applyOffer'
And method post
Then status 200

Called Feature

EligibleOffer.feature

Scenario: Validate the user is able to get the eligible offers
Given url baseUrl
And path '/api/v1/offers'
When method get
Then status 200

It is doing all correct, In the sense that it sets up the necessary header information for the api call /api/v1/applyOffer which is in the feature file EligibleOffer.feature but when it tries to hit the api, the following error is coming every time no matter even if I increase the timeout.

ERROR com.intuit.karate - java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out, http call failed after 20054 milliseconds for url: ...

Solution tried - I tried to configure the timeout but it did not work at all.

However, If I then rewrite my feature file by compiling everything in a single feature file, it works fine. There is no timeout issue at all.

RetrieveOffers.feature

* def token = response.data.uToken
* def sessionId = response.data.user.uSessionId
* configure headers = call read('classpath:headers.js) {uToken : #(token), uSessionId : #(sessionId)'}
Given url baseUrl
And path '/api/v1/offers'
When method get
Then status 200
And path '/api/v1/applyOffer'
And method post
Then status 200

cyrilgeorge153 · Accepted Answer · 2024-04-30 03:07:14Z

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Use Background section. This section will execute before each scenario in feature file. Use callonce keyword to avoid multiple calls to AuthenticateUser.feature. This will cache the results.

Background: 
Given url baseUrl
And callonce read('classpath:features/AuthenticateUser.feature')
* def token = response.data.uToken
* def sessionId = response.data.user.uSessionId
* configure headers = call read('classpath:headers.js) {uToken : #(token), uSessionId : #(sessionId)'}

Scenario: Validate the user is able to get the eligible offers

And path '/api/v1/offers'
When method get
Then status 200

Scenario: Validate the user is able to apply the eligible offers

And path '/api/v1/applyOffer'
And method post
Then status 200

edited Apr 30, 2024 at 3:07

answered Apr 30, 2024 at 2:44

cyrilgeorge153

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3 Comments

Peter Thomas Over a year ago

yes, also look at karate.callSingle(): github.com/karatelabs/karate#karatecallsingle

u238825 Over a year ago

Thanks but I must have mentioned earlier that I am indeed using the Background section. The peculiar case is that the header info for AuthenticateUser.feature is different and I dont need it for later API calls. For next API's (in this case both /api/v1/offers and /api/v1/applyOffer ) it needs a new header(infact same for both) information, which is what I am doing with this line - * configure headers = call read('classpath:headers.js) {uToken : #(token), uSessionId : #(sessionId)'}. It picks up the header but then erroring out with SocketTimeoutExcetion.

Peter Thomas Over a year ago

@USingh I guess you will understand that such issues are impossible to diagnose with the info you have provided. if you can provide a sample that others can replicate, that's another matter. for now I can only suggest you troubleshoot this yourself - maybe other answers may help: stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bkarate%5D+SocketTimeoutException

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