# Is requestTimeout is passed in ms in NPM Elasticsearch Client

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-requesttimeout-is-passed-in-ms-in-npm-elasticsearch-client/234287>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** language-clients\
**Created:** [May 26, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-requesttimeout-is-passed-in-ms-in-npm-elasticsearch-client/234287 "2020-05-26T09:13:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![rishabh\_jain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@rishabh\_jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rishabh_jain)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-requesttimeout-is-passed-in-ms-in-npm-elasticsearch-client/234287/1 "2020-05-26T09:13:18Z")

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[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/javascript-api/current/client-configuration.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/javascript-api/current/client-configuration.html)

What is the unit of requestTimeout in Client Configuration.

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**Author:** ![delvedor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/delvedor/32/67639_2.png) [@delvedor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/delvedor)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-requesttimeout-is-passed-in-ms-in-npm-elasticsearch-client/234287/2 "2020-05-26T12:05:05Z")

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Hello! It is in milliseconds 🙂  
We will update the documentation to specify it, thanks!

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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:** [June 23, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-requesttimeout-is-passed-in-ms-in-npm-elasticsearch-client/234287/3 "2020-06-23T12:05:06Z")

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Closed on June 23, 2020, 12:05pm UTC

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