Update README.md

HTTP Timeout

Dockerfile

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ COPY . .
 
 RUN go mod download
 
-RUN make build
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -o ladder cmd/main.go
 
 FROM debian:12-slim as release
 
@@ -18,4 +18,8 @@ RUN chmod +x /app/ladder
 
 RUN apt update && apt install -y ca-certificates && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+#EXPOSE 8080
+
+#ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/dumb-init", "--"]
+
 CMD ["sh", "-c", "/app/ladder"]

README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 <div><img alt="License" src="https://img.shields.io/github/license/everywall/ladder"> <img alt="go.mod Go version " src="https://img.shields.io/github/go-mod/go-version/everywall/ladder"> <img alt="GitHub tag (with filter)" src="https://img.shields.io/github/v/tag/everywall/ladder"> <img alt="GitHub (Pre-)Release Date" src="https://img.shields.io/github/release-date-pre/everywall/ladder"> <img alt="GitHub Downloads all releases" src="https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/everywall/ladder/total"> <img alt="GitHub Build Status (with event)" src="https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/everywall/ladder/release-binaries.yaml"></div>
 
 
-*Ladder is a web proxy to help bypass paywalls.* This is a selfhosted version of [1ft.io](https://1ft.io) and [12ft.io](https://12ft.io). It is inspired by [13ft](https://github.com/wasi-master/13ft).
+*Ladder is a http web proxy.* This is a selfhosted version of [1ft.io](https://1ft.io) and [12ft.io](https://12ft.io). It is inspired by [13ft](https://github.com/wasi-master/13ft).
 
 ### Why
 

docker-compose.yaml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ services:
   ladder:
     image: ghcr.io/everywall/ladder:latest
     container_name: ladder
-    build: .
+    #build: .
     #restart: always
     #command: sh -c ./ladder
     environment:

handlers/proxy.go

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"ladder/pkg/ruleset"
 
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ var (
 	ForwardedFor   = getenv("X_FORWARDED_FOR", "66.249.66.1")
 	rulesSet       = ruleset.NewRulesetFromEnv()
 	allowedDomains = []string{}
+	defaultTimeout = 15 // in seconds
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -28,6 +31,9 @@ func init() {
 	if os.Getenv("ALLOWED_DOMAINS_RULESET") == "true" {
 		allowedDomains = append(allowedDomains, rulesSet.Domains()...)
 	}
+	if timeoutStr := os.Getenv("HTTP_TIMEOUT"); timeoutStr != "" {
+		defaultTimeout, _ = strconv.Atoi(timeoutStr)
+	}
 }
 
 // extracts a URL from the request ctx. If the URL in the request
@@ -181,7 +187,9 @@ func fetchSite(urlpath string, queries map[string]string) (string, *http.Request
 	}
 
 	// Fetch the site
-	client := &http.Client{}
+	client := &http.Client{
+		Timeout: time.Second * time.Duration(defaultTimeout),
+	}
 	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
 
 	if rule.Headers.UserAgent != "" {