added api request timeout

Author: alfredfrancis

app/endpoint/controllers.py

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def api():
                                       parameters, isJson)
                 except Exception as e:
                     app.logger.warn("API call failed", e)
-                    result_json["speechResponse"] = ["Service is not available. "]
+                    result_json["speechResponse"] = ["Service is not available. Please try again later."]
                 else:
                     context["result"] = result
                     template = Template(

app/endpoint/utils.py

@@ -33,19 +33,19 @@ def call_api(url, type,headers={}, parameters = {}, is_json=False):
     """
     app.logger.info("Initiating API Call with following info: url => {} payload => {}".format(url,parameters))
     if "GET" in type:
-            response = requests.get(url,headers=headers, params=parameters)
+            response = requests.get(url,headers=headers, params=parameters, timeout=5)
     elif "POST" in type:
         if is_json:
-            response = requests.post(url,headers=headers, json=parameters)
+            response = requests.post(url,headers=headers, json=parameters, timeout=5)
         else:
-            response = requests.post(url,headers=headers, params=parameters)
+            response = requests.post(url,headers=headers, params=parameters, timeout=5)
     elif "PUT" in type:
         if is_json:
-            response = requests.put(url,headers=headers, json=parameters)
+            response = requests.put(url,headers=headers, json=parameters, timeout=5)
         else:
-            response = requests.put(url,headers=headers, params=parameters)
+            response = requests.put(url,headers=headers, params=parameters, timeout=5)
     elif "DELETE" in type:
-        response = requests.delete(url,headers=headers, params=parameters)
+        response = requests.delete(url,headers=headers, params=parameters, timeout=5)
     else:
         raise Exception("unsupported request method.")
     result = json.loads(response.text)