How do you make gRPC client Timeout in C# if the server is down?

Question

I am writing a connection back to a TensorFlow Serving system with gRPC from a C# platform on MS Windows 10. I have seen many references to Time-out and Dead-line with the C++ API for gRPC, but can't seem to figure out how to for a timeout under C#.

I am simply opening a channel to the server, setting up a client and the calling to the server. I would like this Classify to time-out after 5 seconds or so. Any help or direction would be appreciated.

channel = new Channel(modelServer, ChannelCredentials.Insecure);

var client = MyService.NewClient(channel);

MyResponse classvalue = client.Classify(featureSet);

Answer 1

To set the deadline for a call, you can simply use the following "deadline:"

client.Classify(featureSet, deadline: DateTime.UtcNow.AddSeconds(5));

or

client.Classify(featureSet, new CallOptions(deadline: DateTime.UtcNow.AddSeconds(5)));

Both ways should be easily discoverable by code completion.