implementing socket timeout handling in Python 2.7 using the requests library
I've been struggling with this for a few days now and could really use some help. I've tried everything I can think of but I'm optimizing some code but I'm working on a personal project and I'm experiencing unexpected behavior when setting socket timeouts using the `requests` library in Python 2.7..... I want to ensure that my HTTP requests do not hang indefinitely if the server is unresponsive. I've tried implementing a timeout with the `timeout` parameter, but it seems to be ignored in some cases. Here's the code I'm using: ```python import requests url = 'https://httpbin.org/delay/10' # This URL delays the response for 10 seconds try: response = requests.get(url, timeout=5) # Setting a timeout of 5 seconds print(response.json()) except requests.exceptions.Timeout: print('The request timed out!') except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print('An behavior occurred: {}'.format(e)) ``` When I run this code, I expect to catch a `Timeout` exception, but instead, it hangs for almost the full 10 seconds before throwing a `MaxRetryError` or sometimes not even that, just hanging indefinitely. I've also checked if the timeout is set correctly by printing out the `timeout` attribute of the request. It shows 5 seconds as expected. Additionally, I've tried adjusting the `socket.setdefaulttimeout(5)` before the request, but it doesn't seem to make any difference either. Could there be something specific to `requests` in Python 2.7 that's causing this scenario? Is there a better way to handle timeouts in this version? I’ve also seen discussions about upgrading to Python 3, but my current project is strictly using Python 2.7. Any suggestions or insights on this behavior would be greatly appreciated. I'm working on a application that needs to handle this. The stack includes Python and several other technologies. Any feedback is welcome! I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. I'm working with Python in a Docker container on macOS. Hoping someone can shed some light on this.