Python urllib.request.urlopen () returns error 10061?
I am trying to load the HTML of a page ( http://www.google.com
in this case), but I am returning an error. Here is my interactive session:
Python 3.2.2 (default, Sep 4 2011, 09:51:08) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win
32
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>>> import urllib
>>> import urllib.request
>>> html = urllib.request.urlopen("http://www.google.com")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "\\****.****.org\myhome\python\lib\urllib\request.py", line 1136, in
do_open
h.request(req.get_method(), req.selector, req.data, headers)
File "\\****.****.org\myhome\python\lib\http\client.py", line 964, in req
uest
self._send_request(method, url, body, headers)
File "\\****.****.org\myhome\python\lib\http\client.py", line 1002, in _s
end_request
self.endheaders(body)
File "\\****.****.org\myhome\python\lib\http\client.py", line 960, in end
headers
self._send_output(message_body)
File "\\****.****.org\myhome\python\lib\http\client.py", line 805, in _se
nd_output
self.send(msg)
File "\\****.****.org\myhome\python\lib\http\client.py", line 743, in sen
d
self.connect()
File "\\****.****.org\myhome\python\lib\http\client.py", line 721, in con
nect
self.timeout, self.source_address)
File "\\****.****.org\myhome\python\lib\socket.py", line 404, in create_c
onnection
raise err
File "\\****.****.org\myhome\python\lib\socket.py", line 395, in create_c
onnection
sock.connect(sa)
socket.error: [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machi
ne actively refused it
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "\\****.****.org\myhome\python\lib\urllib\request.py", line 138, in
urlopen
return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
File "\\****.****.org\myhome\python\lib\urllib\request.py", line 369, in
open
response = self._open(req, data)
File "\\****.****.org\myhome\python\lib\urllib\request.py", line 387, in
_open
'_open', req)
File "\\****.****.org\myhome\python\lib\urllib\request.py", line 347, in
_call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "\\****.****.org\myhome\python\lib\urllib\request.py", line 1156, in
http_open
return self.do_open(http.client.HTTPConnection, req)
File "\\****.****.org\myhome\python\lib\urllib\request.py", line 1139, in
do_open
raise URLError(err)
urllib.error.URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 10061] No connection could be made
because the target machine actively refused it>
>>>
My best guess is that my network firewall is blocking the connection (most / all ports except 80 are blocked). However, I don't understand why; isn't Python connecting on port 80? Does anyone know what's going on?
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The error comes from the operating system level and is not related to Python. It will be the same with any programming language.
Contact your network administrator to find out what the problem is if you are unable to fix the firewall issue yourself. If you need an HTTP proxy, you can configure it for urllib.
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urllib takes proxy settings from Internet Explorer, which is usually found under Tools->Internet Options->Connections->Lan Settings
If you have a proxy, make sure it is right in IE, or set it when using urllib . If you are not using a proxy for browsing, make sure the proxy settings in IE are empty.
I wrestled with this issue for several hours until I realized that a third party app I once installed had changed the setting in IE while I was successfully surfing Firefox without a proxy.
Another solution is in this link which shows how to force urllib to ignore IE proxy settings
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