# Different API calls for the same timeout functionality?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-api-calls-for-the-same-timeout-functionality/4276>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 22, 2011, 8:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-api-calls-for-the-same-timeout-functionality/4276 "2011-04-22T08:28:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas_vlcek1/32/819_2.png) [@Lukas\_Vlcek1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lukas_Vlcek1)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 8:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-api-calls-for-the-same-timeout-functionality/4276/1 "2011-04-22T08:28:29Z")

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Hi,

what is the difference between the following two timeout calls?

> <https://gist.github.com/lukas-vlcek/936267>

Regards,  
Lukas

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-api-calls-for-the-same-timeout-functionality/4276/2 "2011-04-22T17:17:42Z")

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The actionGet timeout is just how long you wait for a response on the Future you get. The second is how long the index operation will wait if no shards are available to perform the action.  
On Friday, April 22, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Lukáš Vlček wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> what is the difference between the following two timeout calls?
> 
> [Different API for the same timeout ? · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/936267)
> 
> Regards,  
> Lukas

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/different-api-calls-for-the-same-timeout-functionality/4276/3 "2017-07-06T04:07:50Z")

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