download timeout vs. socket timeout

[Giampaolo Rodola']

On 10 Gen, 03:07, "p." <ppetr... at gmail.com> wrote:
> i'm using urllib2 in python 2.4
>
> wondering how people typically deal with the case in which a download
> is too slow. setting the socket timeout only covers those cases where
> there is no response in the socket for whatever the timeout period is.
> what if, however, i'm getting bits back but want simply to bail out if
> the total time to download takes too long?
>
> i'm trying to avoid creating a whole other thread if possible?

You could retrieve your file in little parts and at the same time have
a thread which checks how many bytes have been transmitted every
second.


--- Giampaolo
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