Create custom timeouts for Node.js http.ClientRequest

timeoutclient.js

var http = require("http"); 

var TIMEOUT_VALUE = 2020;

var options = {
  host: 'localhost',
  port: 3000,
  path: '/',
  method: 'GET'
};

var timeoutId;
var req = http.request(options, function (response) { 
    var data = ''; 
    clearTimeout(timeoutId);

    response.on('data', function (chunk) {
        data += chunk;
      });

    response.on('end', function () { 
        console.log(data);
      }); 
  });

timeoutId = setTimeout(function () {
    console.log('TIMEOUT TRIGGERED');
    req.abort();
  }, TIMEOUT_VALUE); 


req.on('error', function (err) {
    console.log('ERROR: ' + err.message);
  });

req.end();

timeoutserver.js

var http = require('http');

http.createServer(function (req, res) {
    setTimeout(function () {
        res.end('HELLO WOLD!');
      }, 2000);
  }).listen(3000);