# Setting

Controls some key request features of the runtime at the request level.

## Component Signature

```
<bx:Setting enableOutputOnly=[boolean]
showDebugOutput=[boolean]
requestTimeout=[long] />
```

### Attributes

| Atrribute          | Type      | Required | Description                                                                              | Default |
| ------------------ | --------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| `enableOutputOnly` | `boolean` | `false`  | If true, the runtime will only output the result of the request and not the debug output |         |
| `showDebugOutput`  | `boolean` | `false`  | If true, the runtime will output the debug output according to the runtime in use        |         |
| `requestTimeout`   | `long`    | `false`  | The timeout in seconds for the request                                                   |         |

## Examples

### Script Syntax

Enable bx:output only

[Run Example](https://try.boxlang.io/?code=eJxLqrAqTi0pycxLV0jNS0zKSc0vLSkoLcnPy6m0LSkqTbXmAgDtxg1P)

```java
bx:setting enableoutputonly=true;

```

### Script Syntax

Disables debug output

[Run Example](https://try.boxlang.io/?code=eJxLqrAqTi0pycxLVyjOyC9PSU0qTc8vLSkoLbFNS8wpTrXmAgDuSA05)

```java
bx:setting showdebugoutput=false;

```

### Script Syntax

Set the request timeout to 30 seconds

[Run Example](https://try.boxlang.io/?code=eJxLqrAqTi0pycxLVyhKLSxNLQayc1PzS0tsjQ2suQC4owso)

```java
bx:setting requesttimeout=30;

```

### Tag Syntax

Enable bx:output only

```java
<bx:setting enableoutputonly="true">
Foo <bx:output>bar</bx:output>
```

Result: bar

### Tag Syntax

Disables debug output

```java
<bx:setting showdebugoutput="false">
```

### Tag Syntax

Set the request timeout to 30 seconds

```java
<bx:setting requesttimeout="30">
```


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