Timekiller
It lets call any function with a timeout!
Install
pip install timekillerLink pypi: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/timekiller
Example
Call function
import timekiller
import time
def long_function(foo, bar):
while True:
time.sleep(10)
print(foo, bar)
# call(func, max_time, *args, **kwargs)
timekiller.call(long_function, 5, "woo", bar="Uhmm")
@timekiller.timeout(5)
def long_function_with_decorator(foo, bar)
while True:
time.sleep(10)
print(foo, bar)
long_function_with_decorator("woo", "Uhmm")Capture exception
import timekiller
import time
@timeout(1)
def long_function():
try:
time.sleep(10)
except timekiller.TimeoutException:
print("capture exception")
long_function()TODO:
- It works in main thread and processes (not work in threads)
