python - limit urllib getcode to specific time, to avoid freeze -

python - limit urllib getcode to specific time, to avoid freeze -

i have written code, info rss feed, , it's working great. however, feed working with, seems unreliable, , down. hence have added feature check if site up, , if isn't, wait min seek again.

i noticed today, have tendency freeze up, , have restart programme create work again.

my guess is, has problems getting '200' website.

how can set 'time limit' how long should seek sitestatus, before skipping?

i utilize python 2.7

here code have:

try: urllib.urlopen(sites).getcode() == 200 # more code here except: t = findsites(sites) print 'failed connect ' + t

thanks

edit: thanks. trying code, , should work now

you utilize urllib2.urlopen, supports timeout:

urllib2.urlopen(url[, data][, timeout])

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