How to stop running Python code for time?

Question

How can I make a chunk of code run for x seconds and then stop? In the specific case, I’m expecting a response from a page using request, but if it takes longer than 5 seconds, I want to stop and make the next request.

Answer 1

By default, request shall wait indefinitely for a response to a request. If you want to specify a timeout for request, use the parameter timeout

The example below the request timeout will be reached after 10 seconds:

requests.get(`/users/137387/augusto-vasques`, timeout=10)

You can also pass a tuple as a timeout value:

requests.get(`/users/137387/augusto-vasques`, timeout=(10, 5))

The first element of the tuple defines the time limit that must be waited to make a connection and the second element is the time limit that must be waited to read the data after connected.