title: Python request in AWS Lambda timing out
body: <p>I'm trying to make a http request from my AWS Lambda but it times out.</p>
  
  <p>My code looks similiar to this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>import requests
  
  def lambda_handler(event, context):
      print('Im making the request')
      request.get('http://www.google.com')
      print('I recieved the response')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But when I test this, I get a timeout.  </p>
  
  <p>The output is</p>
  
  <pre><code>Im making the request
  END RequestId: id
  REPORT RequestId: id    Duration: 15003.25 ms   Billed Duration: 15000 ms   Memory Size: 128 MB Max Memory Used: 18 MB  
  2016-04-08T20:33:49.951Z id Task timed out after 15.00 seconds
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So I know the issue isn't it not finding the request package, and it's running my python code. I just figure out why it times out on that request.</p>