How to check if user is connected to internet in python?

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I am python 3.5 and using urllib3 and I have seen various examples but they were of urllib2 that's why I asked this question ,I have a bit of code which need internet but if user is not connected I want to show them a warning that device is not connected to internet so how can I do this.

You make a request and handle the exception once it is raised. — Klaus D., Aug 29 '20 at 18:18
Does this answer your question? [Checking network connection](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3764291/checking-network-connection) — Mario Ishac, Aug 29 '20 at 18:25

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 29 '20 at 18:27

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You could do something like this where you check for connection to a site.

import urllib.request 
import urllib.parse 

try: 
    x = urllib.request.urlopen('https://www.google.com')        
except Exception as e: 
    print(str(e))

edited Aug 29 '20 at 18:27

Mario Ishac

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answered Aug 29 '20 at 18:22

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 29 '20 at 18:27

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Ive not used urllib before but you can try something like:

try:
    #you put your code here
    #and it will raise an exception if
    #network connection is not available
    #so you catch that
except:
    #your warning code

edited Aug 29 '20 at 18:27

Zephyr

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answered Aug 29 '20 at 18:26

Daniel Ebiondo

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How to check if user is connected to internet in python?

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