263 timeout (#264)

* Fixing connection_timeout

* Fixing error messagewq

* pylint

* Skip too high value check and keep int check

* try catch conversion to int

* fix pylint too many pos args

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Co-authored-by: Staiger, Christine <christine.staiger@wur.nl>

docs/source/faq.rst

@@ -49,4 +49,8 @@ This error is most likely to happen if you try to transfer a large file. The def
 which translates to roughly 7 hours. This should not cause issues during the actual transfer. However, if the calculation
 of the checksum takes more than 7 hours (if the iRODS server is busy for example, or the file is many terabytes), then 
 you will get a network error. The checksum itself should still be created. You can increase the timeout in your `irods_environment.json`
-file by adding a new entry with :code:`"connection_timeout": 99999999999,`. 
+file by adding a new entry with :code:`"connection_timeout": <time in seconds>,`.
+
+Note, that the **maximum number equals to 292 years**, i.e. `"connection_timeout": 9208512000,`.
+
+

ibridges/session.py

@@ -87,8 +87,10 @@ def __init__(
                 f"Error reading environment file '{irods_env_path}': "
                 f"expected dictionary, got {type(irods_env)}."
             )
-
-        self.connection_timeout = irods_env.pop("connection_timeout", 25000)
+        try:
+            self.connection_timeout = int(irods_env.pop("connection_timeout", 25000))
+        except TypeError as err:
+            raise ValueError("'connection_timeout' in irods_environment must be integer.") from err
 
         self._password = password
         self._irods_env: dict = irods_env

pyproject.toml

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ module = [
 ignore_missing_imports = true
 
 [tool.pylint.'MASTER']
- ignore-patterns="_version.py"
+ignore-patterns="_version.py"
 
 [tool.pylint.'BASIC']
 good-names=["e", "f", "m"]
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ max-line-length=100
 max-locals=35
 max-args=10
 
+[tool.pylint.'MESSAGES CONTROL']
+disable="too-many-positional-arguments"
+
 [tool.ruff]
 exclude = ["_version.py"]
 line-length = 100