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-rw-r--r--kafka/conn.py7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kafka/conn.py b/kafka/conn.py
index a6d93f8..e4aec56 100644
--- a/kafka/conn.py
+++ b/kafka/conn.py
@@ -17,8 +17,13 @@ class KafkaConnection(local):
by a call to `recv` in order to get the correct response. Eventually,
we can do something in here to facilitate multiplexed requests/responses
since the Kafka API includes a correlation id.
+
+ host: the host name or IP address of a kafka broker
+ port: the port number the kafka broker is listening on
+ timeout: default None. The socket timeout for sending and receiving data.
+ None means no timeout, so a request can block forever.
"""
- def __init__(self, host, port, timeout=10):
+ def __init__(self, host, port, timeout=None):
super(KafkaConnection, self).__init__()
self.host = host
self.port = port