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504 Timeout

Hey Guys,

My webapp: http://ardiz8.pythonanywhere.com/stocks/?ticker=YHOO scrapes stock data and then performs some calculations on the stock data. The scraping and the calculations take a while to perform so I'm getting a 504 Timeout error. Is there any way to allow my webapp to work longer and not timeout? By replacing "YHOO" with a different stock ticker you can analyze different stocks.

Thanks, ardiz8

ardiz8 | 5 posts | Oct. 2, 2013, 4:31 p.m. | permalink

That would be tricky, and normally it's a bit odd for a web request to take more than two minutes (the normal time before a 504). Are your calculations particularly time-sensitive? If they're based on daily stock data, you could scrape the numbers in a daily scheduled task (or an hourly one if you upgrade to a Hacker account) and then run the calculations just once.

Staff giles | 12644 posts | PythonAnywhere staff | Oct. 2, 2013, 5:16 p.m. | permalink

Thanks dude. I upgraded my account. Thanks again for answering the question so quickly

ardiz8 | 5 posts | Oct. 2, 2013, 6:52 p.m. | permalink

No problem, and thanks for upgrading :-)

Staff giles | 12644 posts | PythonAnywhere staff | Oct. 2, 2013, 7:01 p.m. | permalink