use lbry.io to check for an internet connection

lbrynet/core/utils.py

@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
 import base64
+import datetime
 import distutils.version
+import logging
+import json
 import random
 import os
-import json
+import socket
 import yaml
-import datetime
 
 from lbrynet.core.cryptoutils import get_lbry_hash_obj
 
+
 blobhash_length = get_lbry_hash_obj().digest_size * 2  # digest_size is in bytes, and blob hashes are hex encoded
 
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
 def generate_id(num=None):
     h = get_lbry_hash_obj()
     if num is not None:
@@ -82,3 +88,16 @@ def save_settings(path, settings):
 
 def today():
     return datetime.datetime.today()
+
+
+def check_connection(server="www.lbry.io", port=80):
+    """Attempts to open a socket to server:port and returns True if successful."""
+    try:
+        host = socket.gethostbyname(server)
+        s = socket.create_connection((host, port), 2)
+        return True
+    except Exception as ex:
+        log.info(
+            "Failed to connect to %s:%s. Maybe the internet connection is not working",
+            server, port, exc_info=True)
+        return False

lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/Daemon.py

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import os
 import platform
 import random
 import re
-import socket
 import string
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -130,8 +129,6 @@ OK_CODE = 200
 # TODO alert if your copy of a lbry file is out of date with the name record
 
 
-REMOTE_SERVER = "www.google.com"
-
 
 class Parameters(object):
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
@@ -599,13 +596,7 @@ class Daemon(jsonrpc.JSONRPC):
         self._events = analytics.Events(context, base58.b58encode(self.lbryid), self._session_id)
 
     def _check_network_connection(self):
-        try:
-            host = socket.gethostbyname(REMOTE_SERVER)
-            s = socket.create_connection((host, 80), 2)
-            self.connected_to_internet = True
-        except:
-            log.info("Internet connection not working")
-            self.connected_to_internet = False
+        self.connected_to_internet = utils.check_connection()
 
     def _check_lbrynet_connection(self):
         def _log_success():

lbrynet/lbrynet_daemon/DaemonControl.py

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import logging.handlers
 import os
 import webbrowser
 import sys
-import socket
 from appdirs import user_data_dir
 
 from twisted.web import server
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ from twisted.internet import reactor, defer
 from jsonrpc.proxy import JSONRPCProxy
 
 from lbrynet.core import log_support
+from lbrynet.core import utils
 from lbrynet.lbrynet_daemon.DaemonServer import DaemonServer
 from lbrynet.lbrynet_daemon.DaemonRequest import DaemonRequest
 from lbrynet.conf import API_CONNECTION_STRING, API_INTERFACE, API_PORT, \
@@ -30,19 +30,12 @@ lbrynet_log = os.path.join(log_dir, LOG_FILE_NAME)
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-REMOTE_SERVER = "www.google.com"
-
 if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False) and os.name == "nt":
     os.environ["REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE"] = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.executable), "cacert.pem")
 
 
 def test_internet_connection():
-    try:
-        host = socket.gethostbyname(REMOTE_SERVER)
-        s = socket.create_connection((host, 80), 2)
-        return True
-    except:
-        return False
+    return utils.check_connection()
 
 
 def stop():

packaging/osx/lbry-osx-app/lbrygui/LBRYApp.py

@@ -31,22 +31,17 @@ from lbrynet.lbrynet_daemon.DaemonServer import DaemonServer
 from lbrynet.lbrynet_daemon.DaemonRequest import DaemonRequest
 from lbrynet.conf import API_PORT, API_INTERFACE, ICON_PATH, APP_NAME
 from lbrynet.conf import UI_ADDRESS
+from lbrynet.core import utils
+
 
 if platform.mac_ver()[0] >= "10.10":
     from LBRYNotify import LBRYNotify
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-REMOTE_SERVER = "www.google.com"
-
 
 def test_internet_connection():
-    try:
-        host = socket.gethostbyname(REMOTE_SERVER)
-        s = socket.create_connection((host, 80), 2)
-        return True
-    except:
-        return False
+    return utils.check_connection()
 
 
 class LBRYDaemonApp(AppKit.NSApplication):

packaging/windows/lbry-win32-app/LBRYWin32App.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     import win32gui
 
+from lbrynet.core import utils
 from lbrynet.lbrynet_daemon.DaemonServer import DaemonServer
 from lbrynet.lbrynet_daemon.DaemonRequest import DaemonRequest
 from lbrynet.conf import API_PORT, API_INTERFACE, ICON_PATH, APP_NAME
@@ -36,16 +37,9 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False) and os.name == "nt":
     os.environ["REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE"] = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.executable), "cacert.pem")
 
-REMOTE_SERVER = "www.google.com"
-
 
 def test_internet_connection():
-    try:
-        host = socket.gethostbyname(REMOTE_SERVER)
-        s = socket.create_connection((host, 80), 2)
-        return True
-    except:
-        return False
+    return utils.check_connection()
 
 
 def non_string_iterable(obj):