What is the timeout value of HTTP

[Facundo Batista]

ken wrote:

> i.e. how long python will wait for a response in the below code?
>
>    h = httplib.HTTP(self.url, 8080)
>         h.putrequest('GET', '/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.setdefaulttimeout(...)
>>> h = httplib.HTTP(...)

Beware that *all* sockets created after the call to setdefaulttimeout()
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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