title: How do i fix HTTPSConnectionPool - Read Timed Out Error when connecting to database server
body: <p>I am trying to connect to a FileMaker Databse server via python script, and my code was working before but has suddenly stopped, and i didnt make any changes to the portion of code that no longer works. I am encountering the following error:</p>
  
  <p><code>Request error: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='**.**.*.*', port=443): Read timed out. (read timeout=30)</code></p>
  
  <p>I have taken out the code that creates the server instance and connects/logs in, and then logs out without making any changes in the database, and i am still recieving the same error. However, i can connect to the filemaker server and database via the FileMaker applicaiton with no issues, and i can connect to the server using Telnet commands. I am on windows 10 and writing the code in PyCharm CE. I have reinstalled PyCharm, created a new virtual environment, and tried reinstalling the fmrest module, as well as using older versions. I have also increased the timeout time to give more time to login, which hasnt worked. I'm basically stumped on why i can no longer log in via the script, when it has been working perfectly in testing for the past couple weeks. My code is below. </p>
  
  <pre class="lang-py prettyprint-override"><code>import fmrest
  from fmrest.exceptions import FileMakerError
  from fmrest.exceptions import RequestException
  import sys
  import requests
  
  # connect to the FileMaker Server
  requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()
  fmrest.utils.TIMEOUT = 30
  try:
      fms = fmrest.Server('https://**.**.*.*',
                          user = '***',
                          password = '******',
                          database = 'Hangtag Order Management',
                          layout = 'OrderAdmin',
                          verify_ssl = False)
  except ValueError as err:
      print('Failed to connect to server. Please check server credentials and status and try again\n\n' + str(err))
      sys.exit()
  
  print(fms)
  print('Attempting to connect to FileMaker Server...')
  
  try:
      fms.login()
      print('Login Successful\n')
  except FileMakerError as err:
      print(err)
      sys.exit()
  except RequestException as err:
      print('There was an error connecting to the server, the request timed out\n\n' + str(err))
      sys.exit()
  
  fms.logout()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This should successfully login to the database, print 'login successful' and log out. Calling print(fms) returns</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-py prettyprint-override"><code>&lt;Server logged_in=False database=Hangtag Order Management layout=OrderAdmin&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but i receive the connection error upon the login attempt. I am assuming the error is server side, but i dont know enough about servers to accurately trouble shoot. Could the server have blacklisted my IP for making so many login attempts during my testing? and if so where would i undo that/prevent it from happening again?</p>