From 3b21998d968415c279a80fc05df697271ce15ce9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kegan Dougal <kegan@matrix.org>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 10:18:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Expose timeout= on /events to clients

---
 lib/client.js | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/client.js b/lib/client.js
index a0e513a73..bccbe38e8 100644
--- a/lib/client.js
+++ b/lib/client.js
@@ -1999,6 +1999,8 @@ function doInitialSync(client, historyLen, includeArchived) {
  * @param {Boolean} opts.resolveInvitesToProfiles True to do /profile requests
  * on every invite event if the displayname/avatar_url is not known for this user ID.
  * Default: false.
+ * @param {Number} opts.pollTimeout The number of milliseconds to wait on /events.
+ * Default: 30000 (30 seconds).
  */
 MatrixClient.prototype.startClient = function(opts) {
     if (this.clientRunning) {
@@ -2016,6 +2018,7 @@ MatrixClient.prototype.startClient = function(opts) {
     opts.initialSyncLimit = opts.initialSyncLimit || 8;
     opts.includeArchivedRooms = opts.includeArchivedRooms || false;
     opts.resolveInvitesToProfiles = opts.resolveInvitesToProfiles || false;
+    opts.pollTimeout = opts.pollTimeout || (30 * 1000);
     this._config = opts;
 
     if (CRYPTO_ENABLED && this.sessionStore !== null) {
@@ -2054,11 +2057,11 @@ function _pollForEvents(client) {
         discardResult = true;
         console.error("/events request timed out.");
         _pollForEvents(client);
-    }, 40000);
+    }, client._config.pollTimeout + (20 * 1000)); // 20s buffer
 
     client._http.authedRequest(undefined, "GET", "/events", {
         from: client.store.getSyncToken(),
-        timeout: 30000
+        timeout: client._config.pollTimeout
     }).done(function(data) {
         if (discardResult) {
             return;