How to change Tor identity in Python?

Question

I have the following script:

import socks
import socket
socks.setdefaultproxy(socks.PROXY_TYPE_SOCKS5, \"127.0.0.1\", 9050)
socket.socket = socks.socksocket
         


        

Answer 1

Another simple solution, no external libraries required, works for both IPv4 and IPv6:

import socket

try:
    tor_c = socket.create_connection((TOR_CTRL_HOST, TOR_CTRL_PORT))
    tor_c.send('AUTHENTICATE "{}"\r\nSIGNAL NEWNYM\r\n'.format(TOR_CTRL_PWD))
    response = tor_c.recv(1024)
    if response != '250 OK\r\n250 OK\r\n':
        sys.stderr.write('Unexpected response from Tor control port: {}\n'.format(response))
except Exception, e:
    sys.stderr.write('Error connecting to Tor control port: {}\n'.format(repr(e)))