Request Max Retries TOR

Question

I am trying to connect to TOR's localhost loopback and send data through it. The address I am using is:

127.0.0.1:9050

I am using the following script to do this:

import requesocks, requests
session = requesocks.session()
session.proxies = {'http':  'socks5://127.0.0.1:9050',
                   'https': 'socks5://127.0.0.1:9050'}
print session.get("https://api.ipify.org?format=json").json()

It is supposed to retrieve my IP and print it. However, it gives the following error:

Max retries exceeded with url: https://api.ipify.org/?format=json

I can verify that TOR is up and running. What could be the problem raising this exception?

Code runs fine for me. calling .json() would error though, you want .content, does `session.get("http://ipecho.net/plain").content` throw the same error? — Padraic Cunningham, May 07 '16 at 17:29
Yes, it does throw the same error... Is there any specific version of TOR I need? I have the regular browser installed; but is there a command line or something I am missing? I can't think of anything else. — Rob, May 07 '16 at 19:36
How did you start tor? You do actually have tor running as a service and not just the browser bundle? — Padraic Cunningham, May 07 '16 at 19:37
How would I run tor as a service? it's not accessible via command line — Rob, May 07 '16 at 19:46
Windows, but I got it working. I had to install the "expert" installer and add the exe to my PATH. Thank you — Rob, May 07 '16 at 20:05

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 07 '16 at 20:05

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I got it working. I had to install the "expert" installer and add the exe to my PATH. Thank you

answered May 07 '16 at 20:05

Rob

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