feat: move EXTERNAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT to config file

src/routes/virtual-plugin-route.ts

@@ -21,12 +21,7 @@ import {
 } from '@openstapps/core';
 import {Request} from 'express';
 import * as got from 'got';
-import {isTestEnvironment, validator} from '../common';
-
-/**
- * Number of milliseconds after which external request will fail
- */
-export const EXTERNAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 5000;
+import {configFile, isTestEnvironment, validator} from '../common';
 
 /**
  * Generic route function used to proxy actual requests to plugins
@@ -49,7 +44,7 @@ export async function virtualPluginRoute(req: Request, plugin: SCPluginMetaData)
         baseUrl: plugin.address,
         body: req.body,
         json: true,
-        timeout: EXTERNAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
+        timeout: configFile.backend.externalRequestTimeout,
       },
     );
     responseBody = pluginResponse.body;