Added config options for http request timeouts

config/environment.go

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // Get an environment variable, specifying a default value if its not set
@@ -15,6 +16,38 @@ func GetEnvDefault(key string, defaultValue string) string {
 	return val
 }
 
+// Get an environment variable as a time.Duration, specifying a default value if its
+// not set or can't be parsed properly
+func GetEnvDur(key string, defaultValue time.Duration) time.Duration {
+	val, exists := os.LookupEnv(key)
+	if !exists {
+		return defaultValue
+	}
+
+	intVal, err := strconv.Atoi(val)
+	if err != nil {
+		return defaultValue
+	}
+	return time.Duration(intVal)
+
+}
+
+// Get an environment variable as an int, specifying a default value if its
+// not set or can't be parsed properly into an int
+func GetEnvInt(key string, defaultValue int) int {
+	val, exists := os.LookupEnv(key)
+	if !exists {
+		return defaultValue
+	}
+
+	intVal, err := strconv.Atoi(val)
+	if err != nil {
+		return defaultValue
+	}
+	return intVal
+
+}
+
 // Get an environment variable as an int64, specifying a default value if its
 // not set or can't be parsed properly into an int64
 func GetEnvInt64(key string, defaultValue int64) int64 {