Add timeout for HTTP connection

CONFIG.md

@@ -140,7 +140,9 @@ This crawler crawls the KIT ILIAS instance. It performs remote calls to a poor S
 - `link_file_plain_text`: If this is set to true, PFERD will generate plain-text files containing only the link
    target for external links. If this is false or not specified, PFERD will generate a neat, pretty and functional 
    HTML page instead.
-- `no-videos`: If this is set to true, PFERD will not crawl or download any videos.
+- `videos`: If this is set to false, PFERD will not crawl or download any videos.
+- `http_timeout`: The timeout for http requests
+
 ## Authenticator types
 
 ### The `simple` authenticator

PFERD/cli/command_kit_ilias_web.py

@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ GROUP.add_argument(
     action=BooleanOptionalAction,
     help="use plain text files for external links"
 )
+GROUP.add_argument(
+    "--http-timeout",
+    type=float,
+    metavar="SECONDS",
+    help="the timeout to use for HTTP requests"
+)
 
 
 def load(
@@ -72,6 +78,8 @@ def load(
         section["link_file_plaintext"] = str(args.link_file_plaintext)
     if args.videos is not None:
         section["videos"] = str(False)
+    if args.http_timeout is not None:
+        section["http_timeout"] = str(args.http_timeout)
 
     parser["auth:kit-ilias-web"] = {}
     auth_section = parser["auth:kit-ilias-web"]

PFERD/crawl/http_crawler.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from pathlib import PurePath
 from typing import Optional
 
 import aiohttp
+from aiohttp.client import ClientTimeout
 
 from ..config import Config
 from ..logging import log
@@ -11,13 +12,18 @@ from ..version import NAME, VERSION
 from .crawler import Crawler, CrawlerSection
 
 
+class HttpCrawlerSection(CrawlerSection):
+    def http_timeout(self) -> float:
+        return self.s.getfloat("http_timeout", fallback=20)
+
+
 class HttpCrawler(Crawler):
     COOKIE_FILE = PurePath(".cookies")
 
     def __init__(
             self,
             name: str,
-            section: CrawlerSection,
+            section: HttpCrawlerSection,
             config: Config,
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__(name, section, config)
@@ -28,6 +34,7 @@ class HttpCrawler(Crawler):
         self._authentication_lock = asyncio.Lock()
         self._current_cookie_jar: Optional[aiohttp.CookieJar] = None
         self._request_count = 0
+        self._http_timeout = section.http_timeout()
 
     async def _current_auth_id(self) -> int:
         """
@@ -97,6 +104,7 @@ class HttpCrawler(Crawler):
         async with aiohttp.ClientSession(
                 headers={"User-Agent": f"{NAME}/{VERSION}"},
                 cookie_jar=self._current_cookie_jar,
+                timeout=ClientTimeout(total=self._http_timeout)
         ) as session:
             self.session = session
             try:

PFERD/crawl/ilias/kit_ilias_web_crawler.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import asyncio
 import re
 from pathlib import PurePath
 from typing import Any, Awaitable, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Set, TypeVar, Union
@@ -11,15 +12,15 @@ from ...config import Config
 from ...logging import ProgressBar, log
 from ...output_dir import FileSink, Redownload
 from ...utils import fmt_path, soupify, url_set_query_param
-from ..crawler import CrawlError, CrawlerSection, CrawlWarning, anoncritical
-from ..http_crawler import HttpCrawler
+from ..crawler import CrawlError, CrawlWarning, anoncritical
+from ..http_crawler import HttpCrawler, HttpCrawlerSection
 from .file_templates import link_template_plain, link_template_rich
 from .kit_ilias_html import IliasElementType, IliasPage, IliasPageElement
 
 TargetType = Union[str, int]
 
 
-class KitIliasWebCrawlerSection(CrawlerSection):
+class KitIliasWebCrawlerSection(HttpCrawlerSection):
 
     def target(self) -> TargetType:
         target = self.s.get("target")
@@ -92,6 +93,8 @@ def _iorepeat(attempts: int, name: str) -> Callable[[AWrapped], AWrapped]:
                     last_exception = e
                 except aiohttp.ClientConnectionError as e:  # e.g. timeout, disconnect, resolve failed, etc.
                     last_exception = e
+                except asyncio.exceptions.TimeoutError as e:  # explicit http timeouts in HttpCrawler
+                    last_exception = e
                 log.explain_topic(f"Retrying operation {name}. Retries left: {attempts - 1 - round}")
 
             if last_exception: