I dont know if can get more detailed error message, but can shorten the deadline
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2162115/how-to-set-timeout-for-urlfetch-in-google-app-engine so can then handle the failure more gracefully - eg return a nice error message. On 17 December 2013 17:21, GAEfan <[email protected]> wrote: > Lots of urlfetch timeouts these last couple of days. > > 1) Can Google do something to fix this recurring problem? Last time, it > was an upstream DNS issue. > 2) If not, can't we get better error-handling, so our visitors aren't > served a 500 page? > > This really makes us look unprofessional. > > File "/base/data/home/runtimes/python27/python27_lib/versions/1/ > google/appengine/api/apiproxy_stub_map.py", line 612, in get_result > return self.__get_result_hook(self) > > File "/base/data/home/runtimes/python27/python27_lib/versions/1/ > google/appengine/api/urlfetch.py", line 410, in _get_fetch_result > 'Deadline exceeded while waiting for HTTP response from URL: ' + url) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
