How to handle long blocking calls?

[hakoptak]

Hi, I am new to uWebSockets and I have a use case where I need to make a http-request (using cURL) to another server.

If I use a blocking cURL call, should it respond within the HTTP_TIMEOUT_S limit?
Or am I adviced to use the non-blocking version?

And for my understanding: how does the Loop handle a blocking situation?

Thanks in advance!

[ibsusu]

You should use the non-blocking version. There is a way to reuse the event loop that uWebSockets depends on but I don't know what way would fit your project. There are examples on the curl website for utilizing epoll or libuv, I suggest following them then integrating them somehow.

[hakoptak]

Thanks for your answer. I'll look into it.