Simulate a http client get timeout about gock HOT 6 OPEN

Finally found a solution:

type timeoutError struct {
	err     string
	timeout bool
}

func (e *timeoutError) Error() string {
	return e.err
}
func (e *timeoutError) Timeout() bool {
	return e.timeout
}

func (e *timeoutError) Temporary() bool {
	return true
}

var _ = Describe("Testing", func() {
		It("client timeout", func() {
			defer gock.Off()

			gock.New("https://baseurl.com").
				Get("/url").
				ReplyError(&timeoutError{err: "net/http: timeout awaiting response headers", timeout: true})
		})
	})

})

I will open a PR later adding this to the examples list

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You can use the Delay(duration) method:
https://godoc.org/github.com/h2non/gock#Response.Delay

Alternatively, you can simulate the native timeout error via:
https://godoc.org/github.com/h2non/gock#Response.SetError

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I tried the Dealy(duration) method, but I couldn't simulate the http.client timeout:

var httpClient = &http.Client{Timeout: 1 * time.Second}

I had to use the solution on my second comment. Not sure if it's the best solution though

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It depends on what type of error you want to simulate.
If you simply want to test the error handling for a timeout-like situation, that's fine.

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yeah, I want to simulate an offline situation, where http.get will timeout. Do you think it's worth to add this as an example to docs? or should we just close the issue?

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Adding an example file here should be fine. Feel free to send a PR!

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