Python how to limit the execution time of a function?

Question

Python

Good afternoon!
I run into a problem with a function that either freezes or takes too long (sometimes):

response = requests.get(url)
parsed_body = html.fromstring(response.text)
title = parsed_body.xpath('//title/text()')

Maybe it's because of the internet or a website or something else. How can I "tell" pion that a function has a maximum allowed execution time?

Answer 1

Set timeout docs.python-requests.org/en/master/user/quickstart...

Answer 2

timeout=5 can be added. In this example, 5 sec.
try:
response = requests.get(url, timeout=5)
parsed_body = html.fromstring(response.text)
title = parsed_body.xpath('//title/text()')
except:
print("time out")