Python requests errors out and I don't know how to catch the error

Python exception classes hierarchy is:

• BaseException
  • Exception
    • OSError
      • RequestException *
      • TimeoutError

＊ IOError that is a base class for RequestException have been merged with OSError after python version 3.3:

So as you can see RequestException is not a parent class of TimeoutError exception and can't be used to catch this type of errors:

import requests

try:
    raise TimeoutError('TIMEOUT ERROR')

except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    # catch RequestException type errors that are specific for request library only
    # do something
    print("RequestExceptions will be caught")
 
except TimeoutError as e:
    # catch TimeoutError type errors that has same level in hierarchy as RequestException errors
    # do something
    print("TimeoutErrors will be caught")

except OSError as e:
    # catch all OSError type errors. Little bit wider than previous exceptions
    # do something
    print("TimeoutErrors or RequestExceptions or any other OSErrors will be caught")

except Exception as e:
    # catch any python errors, because all errors in python are children (sub types) for Exception class. Most wider exception type
    # do something
    print("TimeoutErrors or RequestExceptions or OSErrors or any other python errors will be caught")