socket.setdefaulttimeout doesn't work in Windows - any updates?

Mossy · 2012-06-19 19:31

This issue was raised a couple of years ago - http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/10960 - and I've noticed that at least some of the current plugins that use setdefaulttimeout, don't call it when running under Windows.

E.g. from the bbc iplayer plugin:

Code:

.       environment = os.environ.get( "OS", "xbox" )

        try:

            timeout = int(__addon__.getSetting('socket_timeout'))

        except:

            timeout = 5

        if environment in ['Linux', 'xbox'] and timeout > 0:

            setdefaulttimeout(timeout)

Is this still necessary? Is there a best practice documented for this? E.g. the bbc iplayer seems to exclude all platforms except xbox and those that are linux-based, so what about iOS etc.?

AddonScriptorDE · 2012-06-19 20:22

I think, this is only needed for the xbox. When using urllib2 to receive the response, the default timeout is 5 seconds. You can set the timeout with:

Code:

response = urllib2.urlopen(request,timeout=30)

socket.setdefaulttimeout(timeout) seems to do the same...

cheers,
asde