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“TypeError: a float is required” occurred when using websocket

I'm running into the TypeError: a float is required when i try creating a connection using websocket.create_connection

full_url = "wss://myurl:443/abc/def/ghi?id=asdf3nnasdfj34nasdf23"
header_conn = dict()
header_conn['Authorization'] = "Auth service=<my authorization token goes here>"  

ws = websocket.create_connection(full_url, header_conn)

The exception that is shown to me is:

  File "try.py", line 268, in <module>
    ws = websocket.create_connection(full_url, headers_conn1)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/websocket/_core.py", line 487, in create_connection
    websock.connect(url, **options)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/websocket/_core.py", line 211, in connect
    options.pop('socket', None))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/websocket/_http.py", line 71, in connect
    sock = _open_socket(addrinfo_list, options.sockopt, options.timeout)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/websocket/_http.py", line 106, in _open_socket
    sock.settimeout(timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/socket.py", line 224, in meth
    return getattr(self._sock,name)(*args)
TypeError: a float is required

Any idea what i'm missing? I saw this link but i wasn't sure how to apply the same solution in my case.

Solution

  • websocket.create_connection seems to take a timeout value as a second argument. In your case, header_conn is interpreted as the timeout argument.

    Try with

    ws = websocket.create_connection(full_url, header=header_conn)