Python Locust - custom timeout in req/task

Question

I need to run some Load tests with Locust lib. I neeed to to handle 504-gateway timeout in specific way. Is there a possibility to put custom timeout in request (or maybe task). I do not need to wait 120 sec till timeout occurs, I need to wait not wait longer than 5 sec and for me it is timeout. I mean in code:

@task(1)
def check_max_5_sec(self):
   self.client.get(url=URL_5_sec)

...

@task(1)
def check_max_10_sec(self):
   self.client.get(url=URL_10_sec)

In ideal world I'd like to see failures on Locust web interface if there is no response within given timeout. How to achieve this?

I know that in FastHttp there is connection_timeout and network_timeout (probably this might be a solution), but can I do this with HttpUser ?

Answer 1

For HttpUser/requests just pass timeout=5 .

See https://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/user/quickstart/#timeouts for more info.