Use a timeout library to embedded a global timeout within smaller interval timeouts

timeout_with_intervals.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"github.com/getlantern/withtimeout"
	"net/http"
	"time"
)

func main() {
	ms := 110 // change this to correct number of milliseconds for your connection
	intervalDuration, _ := time.ParseDuration(fmt.Sprintf("%dms", ms))
	timeoutDuration, _ := time.ParseDuration(fmt.Sprintf("%dms", 10*ms))

	interestingFunction := func() (interface{}, error) {
		return http.Get("http://google.com")
	}

	intervaledFunctions := func() (interface{}, error) {
		success, failures := 0, 0
		for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
			_, t, e := withtimeout.Do(intervalDuration, interestingFunction)
			if e == nil {
				success += 1
			}
			if t == true {
				failures += 1
			}
		}
		return success, fmt.Errorf("%s", failures)
	}

	successes, timedout, failures := withtimeout.Do(timeoutDuration, intervaledFunctions)
	fmt.Printf("Success: %s, Failures: %s, Timed Out: %s", successes, failures, timedout)
}