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

For setting the Socket timeout, you need to follow these steps:

import socket
socks = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
socks.settimeout(10.0) # settimeout is the attr of socks.