ok, thanks for the answer. I ended up doing the following. Seems to be working ok.
HttpComponent http4Component = camelContext.getComponent("http4", HttpComponent.class); http4Component.setHttpClientConfigurer(new HttpClientSocketTimeoutConfigurer()); HttpComponent https4Component = camelContext.getComponent("https4", HttpComponent.class); https4Component.setHttpClientConfigurer(new HttpClientSocketTimeoutConfigurer()); public void configureHttpClient(HttpClient client) { HttpParams httpParams = client.getParams(); HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpParams, TIMEOUT_IN_MILLIS); HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpParams, TIMEOUT_IN_MILLIS); } -- View this message in context: http://camel.465427.n5.nabble.com/How-to-configure-http-client-tp5743784p5743950.html Sent from the Camel - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.