import time,socket
def recvall(the_socket,timeout=''):
#setup to use non-blocking sockets
#if no data arrives it assumes transaction is done
#recv() returns a string
the_socket.setblocking(0)
total_data=[];data=''
begin=time.time()
if not timeout:
timeout=1
while 1:
#if you got some data, then break after wait sec
if total_data and time.time()-begin>timeout:
break
#if you got no data at all, wait a little longer
elif time.time()-begin>timeout*2:
break
wait=0
try:
data=the_socket.recv(4096)
if data:
total_data.append(data)
begin=time.time()
data='';wait=0
else:
time.sleep(0.1)
except:
pass
#When a recv returns 0 bytes, other side has closed
result=''.join(total_data)
return result
