python requests timeout exception 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: python requests exceptions

try:
    r = requests.get(url, params={'s': thing})
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:  # This is the correct syntax
    raise SystemExit(e)