How to set 'timeout' I use urllib2.urlopen instead urlfetch?

[Xi Shen]

GAE currently uses python 2.5, and the urllib2.urlopen has a different signature than it is in python 2.7, that is in python 2.5 it does not support the 'timeout' argument. Can I just use the 'socket.setdefaulttimeout' ?

I do not want to switch to urlfetch, because it make the unite test inconvenient.

[Timofey Koolin]

Wait until next SDK will release - it will be support python 2.7

2011/10/9 Xi Shen <david...@gmail.com>

GAE currently uses python 2.5, and the urllib2.urlopen has a different signature than it is in python 2.7, that is in python 2.5 it does not support the 'timeout' argument. Can I just use the 'socket.setdefaulttimeout' ?

I do not want to switch to urlfetch, because it make the unite test inconvenient.

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[Tim Hoffman]

Hi 

Currently you set it globally with urlfetch.set_default_fetch_deadline(n)  

You can also query the current value with get_default_fetch_deadline

Rgds

Tim

[Xi Shen]

Thanks Tim :)

And to my amusement, this function is not added till SDK 1.5.3. Did Google never thought people needs to set the timeout value before? Or the urlfetch module has some advantages that most people choose to use it and avoided the issue?

[Tim Hoffman]

HI

Umm it was requested, but also for support for urllib2 took a while.

Also urlfetch allows for async fetching which you can't do directly with urllib, so unless people where using existing

libs (ie a soap client) you where always better off using urlfetch.

Thanks

Tim