What is the timeout value of HTTP

[ken]

Can you please tell me what is the timeout value of httplib.HTTP?

i.e. how long python will wait for a response in the below code?

h = httplib.HTTP(se lf.url, 8080)
h.putrequest('G ET', '/sample/?url=' + self.url)
h.endheaders()

Thank you.

[Alex Martelli]

Re: What is the timeout value of HTTP

ken <ken.carlino@gm ail.comwrote:

Can you please tell me what is the timeout value of httplib.HTTP?
>
i.e. how long python will wait for a response in the below code?
>
h = httplib.HTTP(se lf.url, 8080)
h.putrequest('G ET', '/sample/?url=' + self.url)
h.endheaders()

HTTP per se does not define any timeout -- if self.url is correctly
resolved by DNS and accepts a TCP connection on port 8080, and then just
hangs forever, you'll be waiting. You can force timeouts yourself by
playing with socket.setdefau lttimeout(...) before you start the HTTP
interaction.


Alex

[Facundo Batista]

Re: What is the timeout value of HTTP

ken wrote:

i.e. how long python will wait for a response in the below code?
>
h = httplib.HTTP(se lf.url, 8080)
h.putrequest('G ET', '/sample/?url=' + self.url)
h.endheaders()

For ever.

In Py<=2.5, httplib.HTTP doesn't have a timeout, so you have to do
something like:

>>import socket
>>socket.setdef aulttimeout(... )
>>h = httplib.HTTP(.. .)

Beware that *all* sockets created after the call to setdefaulttimeo ut()
will have that default.

httplib.HTTP now has a timeout, but in the development trunk (you'll
have to checkout the SVN code and compile Python yourself, or wait until
Py2.6).

Regards,

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