1IO::Socket::Timeout(3)User Contributed Perl DocumentationIO::Socket::Timeout(3)
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NAME

6       IO::Socket::Timeout - IO::Socket with read/write timeout
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VERSION

9       version 0.32
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SYNOPSIS

12         use IO::Socket::Timeout;
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14         # creates a standard IO::Socket::INET object, with a connection timeout
15         my $socket = IO::Socket::INET->new( Timeout => 2 );
16         # enable read and write timeouts on the socket
17         IO::Socket::Timeout->enable_timeouts_on($socket);
18         # setup the timeouts
19         $socket->read_timeout(0.5);
20         $socket->write_timeout(0.5);
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22         # When using the socket:
23         use Errno qw(ETIMEDOUT EWOULDBLOCK);
24         print $socket "some request";
25         my $response = <$socket>;
26         if (! $response && ( 0+$! == ETIMEDOUT || 0+$! == EWOULDBLOCK )) {
27           die "timeout reading on the socket";
28         }
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DESCRIPTION

31       "IO::Socket" provides a way to set a timeout on the socket, but the
32       timeout will be used only for connection, not for reading / writing
33       operations.
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35       This module provides a way to set a timeout on read / write operations
36       on an "IO::Socket" instance, or any "IO::Socket::*" modules, like
37       "IO::Socket::INET".
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CLASS METHOD

40   enable_timeouts_on
41         IO::Socket::Timeout->enable_timeouts_on($socket);
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43       Given a socket, it'll return it, but will enable read and write
44       timeouts on it.  You'll have to use "read_timeout" and "write_timeout"
45       on it later on.
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47       Returns the socket, so that you can chain this method with others.
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49       If the argument is "undef", the method simply returns empty list.
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METHODS

52       These methods are to be called on a socket that has been previously
53       passed to "enable_timeouts_on()".
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55   read_timeout
56         my $current_timeout = $socket->read_timeout();
57         $socket->read_timeout($new_timeout);
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59       Get or set the read timeout value for a socket created with this
60       module.
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62   write_timeout
63         my $current_timeout = $socket->write_timeout();
64         $socket->write_timeout($new_timeout);
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66       Get or set the write timeout value for a socket created with this
67       module.
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69   disable_timeout
70         $socket->disable_timeout;
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72       Disable the read and write timeouts for a socket created with this
73       module.
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75   enable_timeout
76         $socket->enable_timeout;
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78       Re-enable the read and write timeouts for a socket created with this
79       module.
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81   timeout_enabled
82         my $is_timeout_enabled = $socket->timeout_enabled();
83         $socket->timeout_enabled(0);
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85       Get or Set the fact that a socket has timeouts enabled.
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WHEN TIMEOUT IS HIT

88       When a timeout (read, write) is hit on the socket, the function trying
89       to be performed will return "undef" or empty string, and $! will be set
90       to "ETIMEOUT" or "EWOULDBLOCK". You should test for both.
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92       You can import "ETIMEOUT" and "EWOULDBLOCK" by using "POSIX":
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94         use Errno qw(ETIMEDOUT EWOULDBLOCK);
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IF YOU NEED TO RETRY

97       If you want to implement a try / wait / retry mechanism, I recommend
98       using a third-party module, like "Action::Retry". Something like this:
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100         my $socket;
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102         my $action = Action::Retry->new(
103           attempt_code => sub {
104               # (re-)create the socket if needed
105               if (! $socket) {
106                 $socket = IO::Socket->new(...);
107                 IO::Socket::Timeout->enable_timeouts_on($socket);
108                 $socket->read_timeout(0.5);
109               }
110               # send the request, read the answer
111               $socket->print($_[0]);
112               defined(my $answer = $socket->getline)
113                 or $socket = undef, die $!;
114               $answer;
115           },
116           on_failure_code => sub { die 'aborting, to many retries' },
117         );
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119         my $reply = $action->run('GET mykey');
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IMPORT options

122       You can give a list of socket modules names when use-ing this module,
123       so that internally, composed classes needed gets created and loaded at
124       compile time.
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126         use IO::Socket::Timeout qw(IO::Socket::INET);
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE

129   PERL_IO_SOCKET_TIMEOUT_FORCE_SELECT
130       This module implements timeouts using one of two strategies. If
131       possible (if the operating system is linux, freebsd or mac), it uses
132       "setsockopt()" to set read / write timeouts. Otherwise it uses
133       "select()" before performing socket operations.
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135       To force the use of "select()", you can set
136       PERL_IO_SOCKET_TIMEOUT_FORCE_SELECT to a true value at compile time
137       (typically in a BEGIN block)
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SEE ALSO

140       Action::Retry, IO::Select, PerlIO::via::Timeout, Time::Out
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THANKS

143       Thanks to Vincent Pitt, Christian Hansen and Toby Inkster for various
144       help and useful remarks.
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AUTHOR

147       Damien "dams" Krotkine
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150       This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Damien "dams" Krotkine.
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152       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
153       the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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