support passing timeout to requests (#422)

Adds a request_timeout parameter to Instaloader instantiation. Closes #330.
2020-01-13 12:59:00 -08:00
parent d8ba30b91b
commit 63eb9e71ca
4 changed files with 50 additions and 15 deletions
--- a/docs/cli-options.rst
+++ b/docs/cli-options.rst
@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@ Miscellaneous Options
   if login credentials are needed but not given.
   This is handy for running :ref:`instaloader-as-cronjob`.

+.. option:: --request-timeout N
+
+   Seconds to wait before timing out a connection request.
+
 .. option:: +args.txt

   Read arguments from file `args.txt`, a shortcut to provide arguments from