def input_with_timeout(prompt=None, timeout=36000.0):
"""Get user input with a timeout.
Behaves the same as six.moves.input, however, an error is raised if
a user doesn't answer after timeout seconds. The default timeout
value was chosen to place it just under 12 hours for users following
our advice and running Certbot twice a day.
:param str prompt: prompt to provide for input
:param float timeout: maximum number of seconds to wait for input
:returns: user response
:rtype: str
:raises errors.Error if no answer is given before the timeout
"""
# use of sys.stdin and sys.stdout to mimic six.moves.input based on
# https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/baf7bb30a02aabde260143136bdf5b3738a1d409/Lib/getpass.py#L129
if prompt:
sys.stdout.write(prompt)
sys.stdout.flush()
line = misc.readline_with_timeout(timeout, prompt)
if not line:
raise EOFError
return line.rstrip('\n')
def input_with_timeout(prompt=None, timeout=36000.0):
"""Get user input with a timeout.
Behaves the same as six.moves.input, however, an error is raised if
a user doesn't answer after timeout seconds. The default timeout
value was chosen to place it just under 12 hours for users following
our advice and running Certbot twice a day.
:param str prompt: prompt to provide for input
:param float timeout: maximum number of seconds to wait for input
:returns: user response
:rtype: str
:raises errors.Error if no answer is given before the timeout
"""
# use of sys.stdin and sys.stdout to mimic six.moves.input based on
# https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/baf7bb30a02aabde260143136bdf5b3738a1d409/Lib/getpass.py#L129
if prompt:
sys.stdout.write(prompt)
sys.stdout.flush()
line = misc.readline_with_timeout(timeout, prompt)
if not line:
raise EOFError
return line.rstrip('\n')
