{"categories":[{"label":"Utilities","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/utilities"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides cross-platform standard input with a timeout, allowing you to prompt for user input and automatically return a default or exception if no response arrives within a specified number of seconds.","skillfed_tags":["cli-input","timeout-handling"],"use_cases":["Interactive CLI tools that need to proceed automatically if a user does not respond within a set time window.","Automated testing scripts that prompt for optional input but should not hang indefinitely if stdin is not available.","Batch processing workflows where a user confirmation prompt should time out and use a sensible default.","Terminal applications that require responsive behavior even when input is slow or unavailable."],"what_it_does":"inputimeout wraps standard input to add a timeout mechanism across Windows, macOS, and Linux. When you call inputimeout() with a prompt and timeout duration, it waits for user input up to that many seconds; if no input arrives, it raises TimeoutOccurred, which you catch to provide a fallback value or handle the timeout case. The package has no external runtime dependencies, making it lightweight to add to a project.\n\nThe package is in Beta status and has not been updated since 2018-03-02. It requires Python >=3.4. Because it is abandoned and unmaintained, it may not work correctly on newer Python versions or modern terminal environments, and any bugs or compatibility issues will not be fixed.","worth_installing":"No. The package is abandoned (last release 2018-03-02) with no maintenance signal, and while it has no known vulnerabilities and low install friction, its age and lack of updates create significant risk for modern Python environments. For new projects, consider a maintained alternative or implement timeout logic using threading or asyncio instead."},"id":"inputimeout","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/inputimeout","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/inputimeout.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/inputimeout/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2018-03-02","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"inputimeout","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Multi platform standard input with timeout"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":16909239,"position":1135,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.0.4"}