[Python] I am having problems creating an input with a time limit

I want to make an input statement with a time limit, but it does not seem to work. when i input something, I just see three dots on a new line, and it still goes to TimeoutOccurred. I am very new to python, can anyone explain and help me fix this please?

Here is my code.

from inputimeout import inputimeout, TimeoutOccurred# <-- pip install inputimeout

try:
x = inputimeout("input something ",3)
except TimeoutOccurred:
x = "you failed to input in time"
print(x)

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