On 09/07/2012 08:32 AM, Dave Angel wrote: > On 09/07/2012 11:16 AM, Ray Jones wrote: >> 2.7.3 >> According to the docs, urlopen has a timeout capability. But it says >> that the timeout = '<object object>' >> >> I've tried integers as the timeout value, I've tried floats....it >> doesn't complain about my values, but neither does it timeout. Can >> anyone point me to the solution to getting the urlopen to timeout if the >> target system isn't responding for some reason? What kind of objects is >> it expecting? >> > I'm curious why the docstring says ... timeout = <object object> > but have no clues for you. > > See http://docs.python.org/library/urllib2.html > > which says: > > The optional /timeout/ parameter specifies a timeout in seconds for > blocking operations like the connection attempt (if not specified, the > global default timeout setting will be used). This actually only works > for HTTP, HTTPS and FTP connections. > > So I'd figure it wants an int, or maybe a float, as you've tried. is it > possible that you're opening something which is neither HTTP, HTTPS nor > FTP? What parameters exactly are you passing to urlopen ? My urlopen string is the following: urllib2.urlopen('http://%s:%s' % (ip, port), 'timeout = 2')
Aha! See my problem? I just noticed it. I've been treating the 'timeout' portion as though I'm passing it as a command line parameter or something. I removed the quotes and all is swell! Y'all are awesome. Even when you don't have enough information to know the solution you help me! :) Ray _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
