5sec waiting time? about abc.bundle HOT 4 CLOSED

There used to be a problem where we got back an empty page, but only sometimes. Re-requesting the page immediately didn't make it work, but waiting a few seconds and then re-request the page usually made it work just fine. I'd have to check if this is still the case.

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Re-requesting the page immediately didn't make it work, but waiting a few seconds and then re-request the page usually made it work just fine.

But isn't the code backward then?

        try:
                html = HTML.ElementFromURL(url, sleep=5.0)
        except:
                html = HTML.ElementFromURL(url, cacheTime=0)

This "sleeps" up to 5sec before sending out the request - if another one was made just prior. Then, if an error occurred re-requests the page again, right?

With my understanding of you explanation you would request a page - and if it comes back empty re-request again after a 5sec waiting period. But this would look like...

        try:
                html = HTML.ElementFromURL(url)
        except:
                html = HTML.ElementFromURL(url, cacheTime=0, sleep=5.0)

Or do I get the ElementFromURL() wrong?

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The sleep will take place after the http request, and only if we do not grab the data from cache.
http://dev.plexapp.com/docs/api/networkkit.html?highlight=sleep#http
Since we do not know if we will get back any usable data, we always have to do this pause.

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Ah... got it - the laggy response is actually caused by the request BEFORE, essentially stopping operation for the next 5sec. I still would prefer a smaller timeout - if feasible, that is. :-)

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