Python socket connection timeout

Question

I have a socket that I want to timeout when connecting so that I can cancel the whole operation if it can\'t connect yet it also want to use the makefile for the socket whic

Answer 1

If you are using Python2.6 or newer, it's convenient to use socket.create_connection

sock = socket.create_connection(address, timeout=10)
sock.settimeout(None)
fileobj = sock.makefile('rb', 0)