timeout paramter is not respected in openai.ChatCompletion.create method

[ivan-shaporov]

Describe the bug

openai.ChatCompletion.create takes timeout parameter but the call might take significantly longer without timing out.

I think it is because of this code:

timeout = kwargs.pop("timeout", None)

while True:
    try:
        return super().create(*args, **kwargs)

Wouldn't it be more consistent overall if you replace pop with get, like this:

timeout = kwargs.get("timeout", None)

To Reproduce

run
openai.ChatCompletion.create(timeout=1, the rest of parameters...)

expected the call either complete under 1 second or fail.

actual: it can take more than 1 second.

Code snippets

No response

OS

Windows 11

Python version

Python 3.9.13

Library version

openai 0.27.8

[szlhl1040]

you can use "request_timeout"
#322 (comment)

[logankilpatrick]

Yes, please use request_timeout as is mentioned in the README: https://github.com/openai/openai-python#params