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
# Now you can go ahead and scrape those shady darknet .onion sites
tor process must run