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import requests
url = 'https://example.com'
try:
response = requests.get(url, timeout=5)
response.raise_for_status() # Optional - raise exception for non-successful status codes
print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
print('Request timed out.')
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
print('An error occurred:', e)
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# 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)