Why doesn't requests.get() return? What is the default timeout that requests.get() uses?

Question

In my script, requests.get never returns:

import requests

print ("requesting..")

# This call never returns!
r = requests.get(
    "http://www.some-site.com",
    proxies = {'http': '222.255.169.74:8080'},
)

print(r.ok)

What could be the possible reason(s)? Any remedy? What is the default timeout that get uses?

Answer 1

What is the default timeout that get uses?

The default timeout is None, which means it'll wait (hang) until the connection is closed.

What happens when you pass in a timeout value?

r = requests.get(
    'http://www.justdial.com',
    proxies={'http': '222.255.169.74:8080'},
    timeout=5
)