# Simple version: import sys, time class RetryError(Exception): pass def retryloop(attempts, timeout): starttime = time.time() success = set() for i in range(attempts): success.add(True) yield success.clear if success: return if starttime + timeout < time.time(): break raise RetryError """ Usage: for retry in retryloop(10, timeout=30): try: something except SomeException: retry() for retry in retryloop(10, timeout=30): something if somecondition: retry() """ # Fancy version: def fancyretryloop(attempts, timeout=None, delay=0, backoff=1): starttime = time.time() success = set() for i in range(attempts): success.add(True) yield success.clear if success: return duration = time.time() - starttime if timeout is not None and duration > timeout: break if delay: time.sleep(delay) delay = delay * backoff e = sys.exc_info()[1] # No pending exception? Make one if e is None: try: raise RetryError except RetryError as e: pass # Decorate exception with retry information: e.args = e.args + ("on attempt {0} of {1} after {2:.3f} seconds".format(i, attempts + 1, duration),) raise