HTTP requests.post timeout
Use the timeout parameter:
r = requests.post(url, data=payload, timeout=1.5)Note:
timeoutis not a time limit on the entire response download; rather, an exception is raised if the server has not issued a response fortimeoutseconds (more precisely, if no bytes have been received on the underlying socket fortimeoutseconds). If no timeout is specified explicitly, requests do not time out.
All requests take a timeout keyword argument. 1
The requests.post is simplify forwarding its arguments to requests.request 2
When the app is down, there is more likelihood of a ConnectionError than a Timeout. 3
try: requests.post(url, data=payload, timeout=5)except requests.Timeout: # back off and retry passexcept requests.ConnectionError: pass