1:mod:`timeout` -- Universal Timeouts
2========================================
3
4.. class:: eventlet.timeout.Timeout
5
6    Raises *exception* in the current greenthread after *timeout* seconds::
7
8        timeout = Timeout(seconds, exception)
9        try:
10            ... # execution here is limited by timeout
11        finally:
12            timeout.cancel()
13
14    When *exception* is omitted or is ``None``, the :class:`Timeout` instance
15    itself is raised:
16
17        >>> Timeout(0.1)
18        >>> eventlet.sleep(0.2)
19        Traceback (most recent call last):
20         ...
21        Timeout: 0.1 seconds
22
23    You can use the  ``with`` statement for additional convenience::
24
25        with Timeout(seconds, exception) as timeout:
26            pass # ... code block ...
27
28    This is equivalent to the try/finally block in the first example.
29
30    There is an additional feature when using the ``with`` statement: if
31    *exception* is ``False``, the timeout is still raised, but the with
32    statement suppresses it, so the code outside the with-block won't see it::
33
34        data = None
35        with Timeout(5, False):
36            data = mysock.makefile().readline()
37        if data is None:
38            ... # 5 seconds passed without reading a line
39        else:
40            ... # a line was read within 5 seconds
41
42    As a very special case, if *seconds* is None, the timer is not scheduled,
43    and is only useful if you're planning to raise it directly.
44
45    There are two Timeout caveats to be aware of:
46
47    * If the code block in the try/finally or with-block never cooperatively yields, the timeout cannot be raised.  In Eventlet, this should rarely be a problem, but be aware that you cannot time out CPU-only operations with this class.
48    * If the code block catches and doesn't re-raise :class:`BaseException`  (for example, with ``except:``), then it will catch the Timeout exception, and might not abort as intended.
49
50    When catching timeouts, keep in mind that the one you catch may not be the
51    one you set; if you plan on silencing a timeout, always check that it's the
52    same instance that you set::
53
54        timeout = Timeout(1)
55        try:
56            ...
57        except Timeout as t:
58            if t is not timeout:
59                raise # not my timeout
60
61    .. automethod:: cancel
62    .. autoattribute:: pending
63
64
65.. function:: eventlet.timeout.with_timeout(seconds, function, *args, **kwds)
66
67    Wrap a call to some (yielding) function with a timeout; if the called
68    function fails to return before the timeout, cancel it and return a flag
69    value.
70
71    :param seconds: seconds before timeout occurs
72    :type seconds: int or float
73    :param func: the callable to execute with a timeout; it must cooperatively yield, or else the timeout will not be able to trigger
74    :param \*args: positional arguments to pass to *func*
75    :param \*\*kwds: keyword arguments to pass to *func*
76    :param timeout_value: value to return if timeout occurs (by default raises
77      :class:`Timeout`)
78
79    :rtype: Value returned by *func* if *func* returns before *seconds*, else
80      *timeout_value* if provided, else raises :class:`Timeout`.
81
82    :exception Timeout: if *func* times out and no ``timeout_value`` has
83      been provided.
84    :exception: Any exception raised by *func*
85
86    Example::
87
88        data = with_timeout(30, urllib2.open, 'http://www.google.com/', timeout_value="")
89
90    Here *data* is either the result of the ``get()`` call, or the empty string
91    if it took too long to return.  Any exception raised by the ``get()`` call
92    is passed through to the caller.
93