python requests set timeout code example

Example 1: python requests.get timeout

# Here is how to set a time out for requests.get in python
# its simple!
import requests

link = 'https://google.com' 
request_from_link = requests.get(link, timeout=10) 
# this causes the code to call a timeout if the connection or delays in 
# between the reads take more than 10 seconds
print(request_from_link)

Example 2: raise_for_status() requests

Raise an exception if a request is unsuccessful

import requests
url = "http://mock.kite.com/status/404"
r = requests.get(url)
try: 
    r.raise_for_status()
except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e: 
    print e
OUTPUT
404 Client Error: NOT FOUND