How to check if the server is running or not?

Question

Python

I want to check if the server is running before making a get request.

import requests, json
# get
url = "http://127.0.0.1:8000/"

try :
  res = requests.get(url+r'/get')
  pars= json.loads(res.content.decode('utf-8'))
  print(pars)
except ConnectionRefusedError:
  print('bad')

But how can I do this if when I turn off the server it says to me

[WinError 10061] Connection not established because the destination computer rejected the connection request

Yes, and it takes a lot of time to process the error.

Answer 1

You can check it only by making a test request. To reduce the waiting time, make a timeout: Number - the number of seconds, adjust as you like.
res = requests.get(url, timeout=5)