Timeout support about mcipc HOT 4 CLOSED

As a workaround I'm able to do the following:

from mcipc.query import Client
import signal

def check_players_online(host: str, port: int) -> bool:
    def _timeout_handler(signum, frame):
        raise Exception("Minecraft server did not reply in time")

    signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, _timeout_handler)

    signal.alarm(1) # Should be instant since the server is at localhost
    with Client(host, port) as client:
        print(client.basic_stats)
        signal.alarm(0)
        return client.basic_stats.num_players > 0

However this won't necessarily work in multithreaded or non-UNIX environments.

from mcipc.

The Rcon an Query clients use python's socket library.
You should be able to set timeouts as described in the socket library's documentation:
https://docs.python.org/3/library/socket.html#socket-timeouts
PS: I added an additional optional timeout parameter to the Rcon and Query clients:
f7c2a3c

from mcipc.

The new timeout paramater works perfectly. Thanks for the fix!

For future reference, my new usage looks as follows:

def check_players_online(host: str, port: int) -> bool:
    with Client(host, port, timeout=1) as client:
        print(client.basic_stats)
        print(f"{client.basic_stats.num_players} player(s) are online")
        return client.basic_stats.num_players > 0

from mcipc.

Glad, I could help. I'm always interested in providing new features.
As for your use case, you might want to have a look at mcipc's own rconclt (which, however uses RCON, not Query), and especially at rconclt <server> in-use and rconclt <server> idle-shutdown.

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