def __init__(self, host, port):
Interface.__init__(self, host, port)
self.s = socket.socket( socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM )
- self.s.settimeout(5)
+ self.s.settimeout(5*60)
self.s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_KEEPALIVE, 1)
try:
self.s.connect(( self.host, self.port))
out = ''
while self.is_connected:
try: msg = self.s.recv(1024)
- except socket.timeout:
+ except socket.timeout:
+ # ping the server with server.version, as a real ping does not exist yet
+ self.send([('server.version', [ELECTRUM_VERSION])])
continue
out += msg
if msg == '':