Catching timeout errors with ruby mechanize

Question

I have a mechanize function to log me out of a site but on very rare occasions it times me out. The function involves going to a specific page, and then clicking on a logout

Answer 1

Using mechanize 1.0.0 I got this problem from a different source of error.

In my case I was blocked by proxy and then SSL. This worked for me:

ag = Mechanize.new
ag.set_proxy('yourproxy', yourport)
ag.agent.http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
ag.get( url )