how to set an input time limit in python?

Question

is there any way i can add a time limit when asking a question using input in python? i want to ask the user a question but with a time limit of 15 seconds for the user to answer.

Answer 1

Yes, have u tried datetime module?

Answer 2

You can use the time.time() function. It returns the time since Jan 1st 1970 in seconds!

So, you can just do this :

import time

b = True #declare boolean so that code can be executed only if it is still True
t1 = time.time()
answer = input("Question")
t2 = time.time()
t = t2 - t1
if t > 15:
print("You have run out of time!")
b = False

if b == True:
#Rest of code

I hope this helped! Happy programming :)

Answer 3

https://pypi.org/project/inputimeout/#description

Answer 4

TheCoder thanks!

Answer 5

Tomáš Konečný i haven't, i will check it out now.

Answer 6

kristine you're welcome!