geekcomputers/Python · error · ConnectionError

There is no connection to the internet

Error message

There is no connection to the internet

What it means

parse_word_from_site wraps requests.get and re-raises ConnectionError with a clear message when the machine has no internet connectivity. It is the first of three failure modes for the online word source (no connection, bad status, decode errors).

Solutions

1. Check connectivity / proxy env vars (HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY) before running
2. Fall back to Source.FROM_FILE when ConnectionError is caught
3. Retry with backoff for transient drops
4. For tests, mock requests.get or point url at a local server

Example fix

# before
word = get_word(Source.FROM_INTERNET)
# after
try:
    word = get_word(Source.FROM_INTERNET)
except ConnectionError:
    word = get_word(Source.FROM_FILE)

import socket
def has_internet(host='8.8.8.8', port=53, timeout=2) -> bool:
    try:
        socket.create_connection((host, port), timeout)
        return True
    except OSError:
        return False

try:
    word = get_word(Source.FROM_INTERNET)
except ConnectionError:
    word = get_word(Source.FROM_FILE)

When it happens

Trigger: get_word with Source.FROM_INTERNET while offline, DNS fails, or a proxy/firewall blocks the request to random-word-api.herokuapp.com. Note: requests raises ConnectionError for many network-layer failures, and timeouts raise Timeout (a subclass), so both can land here.

Common situations: CI runners without network, airplane-mode laptops, corporate proxies requiring auth, the API host being blocked or unreachable.

Related errors

• File local_words.txt was not found
• Non existing enum
• Something go wrong with getting the word from site

AI-assisted analysis of geekcomputers/Python@40f4cd2652 (2026-08-27). Data as JSON: /api/errors/9051fa081ce13720. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at Industrial_developed_hangman/src/hangman/main.py:79

        raise FileNotFoundError("File local_words.txt was not found")


def parse_word_from_site(
    url: str = "https://random-word-api.herokuapp.com/word",
) -> str:
    # noqa: DAR201
    """
    Parse word from website.

    :param url: url that word will be parsed from.
    :return Optional[str]: string that contains the word.
    :raises ConnectionError: no connection to the internet.
    :raises RuntimeError: something go wrong with getting the word from site.
    """
    try:
        response: requests.Response = requests.get(url, timeout=request_timeout)
    except ConnectionError:
        raise ConnectionError("There is no connection to the internet")
    if response.status_code == success_code:
        return json.loads(response.content.decode())[0]
    raise RuntimeError("Something go wrong with getting the word from site")


class MainProcess(object):
    """Manages game process."""

    def __init__(
        self, source: Enum, pr_func: Callable, in_func: Callable, ch_func: Callable
    ) -> None:
        """
        Init MainProcess object.

        :parameter in_func: Function that will be used to get input in game.
        :parameter source: Represents source to get word.
        :parameter pr_func: Function that will be used to print in game.
        :parameter ch_func: Function that will be used to choice word.

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