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Add 2s timeout to get requests.

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The hn api usually returns in less than 0.25 seconds, but occasionally
I'm getting huge latency spikes. A quick timeout and retry solves that
for me.

If you are using this tool with a very high baseline ping, 2s may be
too aggressive.
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voussoir 2020-10-27 22:28:42 -07:00
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@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def get(url, retries=1):
while retries > 0:
log.loud(url)
try:
response = requests.get(url, headers=HEADERS)
response = requests.get(url, headers=HEADERS, timeout=2)
response.raise_for_status()
break
except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as exc:
@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ def get(url, retries=1):
retries -= 1
log.loud('Request failed, %d tries remain.', retries)
time.sleep(bo.next())
except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
except (requests.exceptions.ConnectionError, requests.exceptions.ReadTimeout):
log.loud('Request failed, %d tries remain.', retries)
time.sleep(bo.next())
end_time = time.time()