Decrease API request timeout to 5 seconds

jonathanmelitski · web-flow · commit 8f6d383587b6 · 2026-03-23T11:57:17.000-04:00
Reduced timeout for API requests from 16 to 5 seconds.
diff --git a/backend/gsr_booking/api_wrapper.py b/backend/gsr_booking/api_wrapper.py
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ def get_authorized_rooms(self, user):
             response = requests.get(
                 url,
                 auth=HTTPBasicAuth(settings.PENNGROUPS_USERNAME, settings.PENNGROUPS_PASSWORD),
-                timeout=16,
+                timeout=5,
             )
 
             # Check HTTP status first

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ def get_authorized_rooms(self, user):`
`242`	`242`	`response = requests.get(`
`243`	`243`	`url,`
`244`	`244`	`auth=HTTPBasicAuth(settings.PENNGROUPS_USERNAME, settings.PENNGROUPS_PASSWORD),`
`245`		`- timeout=16,`
	`245`	`+ timeout=5,`
`246`	`246`	`)`
`247`	`247`
`248`	`248`	`# Check HTTP status first`