title: HTTP Request Timeout
body: <p>In Python 2.6, a new "timeout" parameter was added to the httplib.HTTPConnection class:
  <a href="http://docs.python.org/library/httplib.html#httplib.HTTPConnection" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://docs.python.org/library/httplib.html#httplib.HTTPConnection</a></p>
  
  <p>However, this is only a timeout for the connection to a server.  I am looking to set a timeout value for the <b>request</b>, not the connection.  This doesn't seem to be supported by httplib.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any way to emulate this behavior?</p>