Python fails Tor check using urllib2 to initiate requests
python, security, tor, urllib2
Solution
You've set up a proxy to your local Tor instance for the `http` protocol, but you're using `https` to talk to "check.torproject.org". Try:
print opener.open('http://check.torproject.org/').read()
Problem
After reading through the other questions on StackOverflow, I got a snippet of Python code that is able to make requests through a Tor proxy: ``` import urllib2 proxy = urllib2.ProxyHandler({'http':'127.0.0.1:8118'}) opener = urllib2.build_opener(proxy) print opener.open('https://check.torproject.org/').read() ``` Since Tor works fine in Firefox with TorButton, I expected it to work fine in Python. Unfortunately, included in the mess of HTML: `Sorry. You are not using Tor`. I am not sure why this is the case or how to get Tor working properly with `urllib2`.