call-socket-timeout.py

import requests
from timeit import default_timer as timer
from requests import exceptions as e

start = timer()

try:
    requests.get("https://api.github.com:88", timeout=(3.4, 20))
except e.ConnectTimeout:
    end = timer()
    print("Time spent waiting for socket connection -", end - start, "Seconds")

start = timer()

try:
    requests.get("https://api.github.com:88", timeout=(6.4, 20))
except e.ConnectTimeout:
    end = timer()
    print("Time spent waiting for socket connection -", end - start, "Seconds")