added default timeout of 60 seconds

3 years ago · 34a49ef4b5
parent 4ed6c1060a
commit 34a49ef4b5
1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/sherlock/sherlock.py
+++ b/sherlock/sherlock.py
@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ def MultipleUsernames(username):

 def sherlock(username, site_data, query_notify,
             tor=False, unique_tor=False,
-             proxy=None, timeout=None):
+             proxy=None, timeout=60):
    """Run Sherlock Analysis.

    Checks for existence of username on various social media sites.
@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ def sherlock(username, site_data, query_notify,
    unique_tor             -- Boolean indicating whether to use a new tor circuit for each request.
    proxy                  -- String indicating the proxy URL
    timeout                -- Time in seconds to wait before timing out request.
-                              Default is no timeout.
+                              Default is 60 seconds.

    Return Value:
    Dictionary containing results from report. Key of dictionary is the name