Add timeout for postcode lookup

4 years ago · 964f316bb0
1 changed files with 3 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/app/models/case_log.rb
+++ b/app/models/case_log.rb
@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require "postcodes_io"
+require "timeout"

 class CaseLogValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
  # Validations methods need to be called 'validate_' to run on model save
@ -241,7 +242,8 @@ private

  def get_la(postcode)
    if postcode.present?
-      postcode_lookup = PIO.lookup(postcode)
+      postcode_lookup = nil
+      Timeout.timeout(5) { postcode_lookup = PIO.lookup(postcode) }
      if postcode_lookup && postcode_lookup.info.present?
        self.is_la_inferred = true
        return postcode_lookup.admin_district