Timeout on a HTTP request in python

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Very occasionally when making a http request, I am waiting for an age for a response that never comes. What is the recommended way to cancel this request after a reasonable period of time?

What code are you using to make the request?

David Z
– David Z

2009-03-25 21:18:53 +00:00
Commented Mar 25, 2009 at 21:18 — David Z
– David Z, Commented Mar 25, 2009 at 21:18

Jason Coon · Accepted Answer · 2009-03-25 21:22:11Z

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Set the HTTP request timeout.

answered Mar 25, 2009 at 21:22

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wodemoneke Over a year ago

I must be pretty tired, not to think to look there first, Thanks!

Devin Jeanpierre · Accepted Answer · 2009-03-25 21:28:29Z

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The timeout parameter to urllib2.urlopen, or httplib. The original urllib has no such convenient feature. You can also use an asynchronous HTTP client such as twisted.web.client, but that's probably not necessary.

answered Mar 25, 2009 at 21:28

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Sebastian Celis · Accepted Answer · 2009-03-25 21:35:52Z

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If you are making a lot of HTTP requests, you can change this globally by calling socket.setdefaulttimeout

answered Mar 25, 2009 at 21:35

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wodemoneke Over a year ago

Thanks, I'm doing this because it seems that the timeout parameter was only added in python 2.6 and I need to support 2.5 as. well

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