Lint error fixes

pylintrc

@@ -442,5 +442,5 @@ valid-metaclass-classmethod-first-arg=mcs
 
 # Exceptions that will emit a warning when being caught. Defaults to
 # "Exception"
-overgeneral-exceptions=StandardError,
-                       BaseException
+overgeneral-exceptions=builtins.StandardError,
+                       builtins.BaseException

src/usage.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def load_cache(file_path: str):
     """Load the cache file."""
     data = {}
     if os.path.isfile(file_path):
-        with open(file_path) as f:
+        with open(file_path, encoding="utf-8") as f:
             data = json.load(f)
     else:
         save_cache(file_path=file_path, data={})
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@ def load_cache(file_path: str):
 
 def save_cache(file_path: str, data: object):
     """Save data to the cache file."""
-    with open(file_path, "w") as f:
+    with open(file_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         json.dump(data, f)
     return True
 
 
 def post_new_installation(data, endpoint=NEW_INSTALLATION_ENDPOINT):
     """Post new installation to server."""
     try:
-        response = requests.post(endpoint, data)
+        response = requests.post(endpoint, data, timeout=10000)
         if response.ok:
             data = response.json()
             return data["id"]
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def install(cached_data):
 def post_new_heartbeat(data, endpoint=NEW_HEARTBEAT_ENDPOINT):
     """Post the heartbeat to server."""
     try:
-        response = requests.post(endpoint, data)
+        response = requests.post(endpoint, data, timeout=10000)
         if response.ok:
             return True
     except Exception: