using tor as a SOCKS5 proxy with python urllib2 or mechanize

Question

My goal is to use python\'s mechanize with a tor SOCKS proxy.

I am not using a GUI with the following Ubuntu version: Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS

Answer 1

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import socks
import socket
def create_connection(address, timeout=None, source_address=None):
    sock = socks.socksocket()
    sock.connect(address)
    return sock

socks.setdefaultproxy(socks.PROXY_TYPE_SOCKS5, "127.0.0.1", 9050)

# patch the socket module
socket.socket = socks.socksocket
socket.create_connection = create_connection

import urllib2

print urllib2.urlopen('http://icanhazip.com').read()

import mechanize
from mechanize import Browser

br = Browser()
print br.open('http://icanhazip.com').read()