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Python requests hangs on read

I am using Python 3.7.3 and I'm trying to GET a gif:

import requests
requests.get("https://track.hubspot.com", allow_redirects=True)

This code hangs, apparently indefinitely.

import requests
requests.get("https://track.hubspot.com", allow_redirects=True, timeout=0.1)

This code throws an error in read: ReadTimeout: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='track.hubspot.com', port=443): Read timed out. (read timeout=0.1)

If I visit it in my browser, I successfully load the 1x1 gif at the target. urllib3 and wget (the command-line tool, not the Python library) also hang. Is there a way to use Python to GET the address without the arbitrary timeout and the error?

Solution

  • This works for me response = requests.get('https://track.hubspot.com')
    You should consider using a context manager.

    with requests.Session() as session:
    response = session.get("https://track.hubspot.com")