How to set Selenium Python WebDriver default timeout?

Question

Trying to find a good way to set a maximum time limit for command execution latency in Selenium Python WebDriver. Ideally, something like:

my_driver = get_my_driver()
my_driver.set_timeout(30) # seconds
my_driver.get('http://www.example.com') # stops / throws exception when time is over 30     seconds

would work. I have found .implicitly_wait(30), but I'm not sure if it results in the desired behavior.

In case it is useful, we are specifically using the WebDriver for Firefox.

EDIT

As per @amey's answer, this might be useful:

ff = webdriver.Firefox()
ff.implicitly_wait(10) # seconds
ff.get("http://somedomain/url_that_delays_loading")
myDynamicElement = ff.find_element_by_id("myDynamicElement")

However, it is not clear to me whether the implicit wait applies both to get (which is the desired functionality) and to find_element_by_id.

Thanks very much!

I had a look at the source code. It's vague for python binding. But for C#, ImplicitlyWait only works for FindElement/FindElements (same for Java). Source: 1 2 — Yi Zeng
– Yi Zeng, Commented Jul 8, 2013 at 21:08

sergzemsk · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-23 20:56:21Z

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In python, the method to create a timeout for a page to load is:

Firefox, Chromedriver and undetected_chromedriver:

driver.set_page_load_timeout(30)

Other:

driver.implicitly_wait(30)

This will throw a TimeoutException whenever the page load takes more than 30 seconds.

edited Apr 23, 2022 at 20:56

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answered Jul 8, 2013 at 21:46

Juan Carlos Coto

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Stoopkid Over a year ago

set_page_load_timeout works in chromedriver 75 for me

ginjaemocoes Over a year ago

This fails with Python 3.7.4, selenium 3.141.0, and gecko 0.26.0.

Nima Soroush · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-29 23:15:25Z

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The best way is to set preference:

fp = webdriver.FirefoxProfile()
fp.set_preference("http.response.timeout", 5)
fp.set_preference("dom.max_script_run_time", 5)
driver = webdriver.Firefox(firefox_profile=fp)

driver.get("http://www.google.com/")

answered Apr 29, 2015 at 23:15

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Nima Soroush Over a year ago

@ivan_bilan: If you mean an Exeption, no, it doesn't return any

Corey Goldberg Over a year ago

dom.max_script_run_time sets a timeout for executing javascript. It's not a full pageload timeout.

ginjaemocoes Over a year ago

This fails with Python 3.7.4, selenium 3.141.0, and gecko 0.26.0.

Amey · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-08 20:02:32Z

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Information about Explicit and Implicit waits can be found here.

UPDATE

In java I see this, based of this :

WebDriver.Timeouts pageLoadTimeout(long time,
                                 java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit unit)

Sets the amount of time to wait for a page load to complete before throwing an error. If the timeout is negative, page loads can be indefinite.

Parameters:
    time - The timeout value.
    unit - The unit of time.

Not sure of the python equivalent.

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answered Jul 8, 2013 at 18:34

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Roni davelman · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-20 15:35:17Z

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My solution was to run an asynchronous thread alongside the browser load event, and have it close the browser and re-call the load function if there was a timeout.

#Thread
def f():
    loadStatus = true
    print "f started"
    time.sleep(90)
    print "f finished"
    if loadStatus is true:
        print "timeout"
        browser.close()
        call()

#Function to load
def call():
    try:
        threading.Thread(target=f).start()
        browser.get("http://website.com")
        browser.delete_all_cookies()
        loadStatus = false
    except:
        print "Connection Error"
        browser.close()
        call()

Call() is a function which just

answered Jul 20, 2015 at 15:35

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Git.Coach Over a year ago

Your recursion is missing a break condition in case the website is offline. If it's intended, use an infinite loop with a break on success.

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