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ruby 1.8 open-uri timeout example
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gistfile1.rb
begin
timeout(2) do
# do whatever
parsed = JSON.parse(open("http://derp.com/derpservice").read)
end
end
rescue Timeout::Error
logger.debug "Timed out."
end
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Beware of the problems you can run into with timeout: http://www.mikeperham.com/2015/05/08/timeout-rubys-most-dangerous-api/

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