# Request timeout on mget?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-timeout-on-mget/110587>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 7, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-timeout-on-mget/110587 "2017-12-07T00:13:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![loren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/loren/32/44942_2.png) [@loren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/loren)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-timeout-on-mget/110587/1 "2017-12-07T00:13:17Z")

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Can `mget` requests in `realtime` mode timeout? Specifically, I'm curious if `mget` requests via the official Python client can timeout.

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**Author:** ![luiz.santos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/luiz.santos/32/24664_2.png) [@luiz.santos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/luiz.santos)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-timeout-on-mget/110587/2 "2017-12-08T18:24:31Z")

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Hi @loren,

Yes it can timeout. For example if I use netcat to simulate elasticsearch:

`$ nc -l 9200`

Then execute this mget using elasticsearchpy client:

```
from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch

es = Elasticsearch()

print es.mget(body={
 "docs": [
 {
     "_index": "test",
     "_type": "type",
     "_id": "1"
   },
   {
     "_index": "test",
     "_type": "type",
     "_id": "2"
   }
 ]
}, realtime=True)

```

You will see the default 10 seconds ConnectionTimeout happening.

Cheers,  
LG

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**Author:** ![loren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/loren/32/44942_2.png) [@loren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/loren)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-timeout-on-mget/110587/3 "2017-12-08T21:42:59Z")

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You just saved my whole life @luiz.santos. Thank you.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/request-timeout-on-mget/110587/4 "2018-01-05T21:43:02Z")

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