# _timeouts

URL: /pounce/api/_timeouts/
Section: api
Description: Shared request-input and response-output timeout helpers.

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`_timeouts`

Shared request-input and response-output timeout helpers.

3Functions

## Functions

`receive_with_timeout`

2

`T`

▼

Read one request-body event, bounded by ``request_timeout``.

async

`async def receive_with_timeout(queue: Queue[T], timeout: float) -> T`

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`queue`
`Queue[T]`

`timeout`
`float`

##### Returns

`T`

`drain_with_timeout`

2

`None`

▼

Flush buffered response bytes, closing a pathologically slow peer.

async

`async def drain_with_timeout(writer: StreamWriter, timeout: float) -> None`

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`writer`
`StreamWriter`

`timeout`
`float`

`wait_for_write`

3

`T`

▼

Bound one response-side write operation by ``write_timeout``.

async

`async def wait_for_write(operation: Awaitable[T], writer: StreamWriter, timeout: float) -> T`

##### Parameters

Name
Type
Description

`operation`
`Awaitable[T]`

`writer`
`StreamWriter`

`timeout`
`float`

##### Returns

`T`