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How do I set a timeout value for Python's mechanize?

How do I set a timeout value for Python's Mechanize?

Solution

  • Alex is correct: mechanize.urlopen takes a timeout argument. Therefore, just insert a number of seconds in floating point: mechanize.urlopen('http://url/', timeout=30.0).

    The background, from the source of mechanize.urlopen:

    def urlopen(url, data=None, timeout=_sockettimeout._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
    ...
    return _opener.open(url, data, timeout)

    What is mechanize._sockettimeout._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT you ask? It's just the socket module's setting.

    import socket

try:
    _GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
except AttributeError:
    _GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = object()