How to fix error in telebot in python?

Question

Python

Here is the code:

import telebot

bot = telebot.TeleBot('894562119:AAHq7segxuAgALgaJw4SXeIkOhtIj_AWBC*') # Токен для безопасности исправил

@bot.message_handler(commands=['start'])
def start_message(message):
    bot.send_message(message.chat.id, 'Привет, ты написал мне /start')

bot.polling()

Here is the error:

2019-12-09 18:25:32,195 (util.py:65 PollingThread) ERROR - TeleBot: "ConnectTimeout o
ccurred, args=(MaxRetryError("HTTPSConnectionPool(host='api.telegram.org', port=443):
 Max retries exceeded with url: /bot894562119:AAHq7segxuAgALgaJw4SXeIkOhtIj_AWBC8/get
Updates?offset=1&timeout=20 (Caused by ConnectTimeoutError(<urllib3.connection.Verifi
edHTTPSConnection object at 0x039E5730>, 'Connection to api.telegram.org timed out. (
connect timeout=3.5)'))"),)                                                          
Traceback (most recent call last):                                                   
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\url
lib3\connection.py", line 141, in _new_conn                                          
    (self.host, self.port), self.timeout, **extra_kw)                                
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\url
lib3\util\connection.py", line 83, in create_connection                              
    raise err                                                                        
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\url
lib3\util\connection.py", line 73, in create_connection                              
    sock.connect(sa)                                                                 
socket.timeout: timed out                                                            
                                                                                     
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:                  
                                                                                     
Traceback (most recent call last):                                                   
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\url
lib3\connectionpool.py", line 601, in urlopen                                        
    chunked=chunked)                                                                 
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\url
lib3\connectionpool.py", line 346, in _make_request                                  
    self._validate_conn(conn)                                                        
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\url
lib3\connectionpool.py", line 850, in _validate_conn                                 
    conn.connect()                                                                   
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\url
lib3\connection.py", line 284, in connect                                            
    conn = self._new_conn()                                                          
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\url
lib3\connection.py", line 146, in _new_conn                                          
    (self.host, self.timeout))                                                       
urllib3.exceptions.ConnectTimeoutError: (<urllib3.connection.VerifiedHTTPSConnection 
object at 0x039E5730>, 'Connection to api.telegram.org timed out. (connect timeout=3.
5)')                                                                                 
                                                                                     
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:                  
                                                                                     
Traceback (most recent call last):                                                   
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\req
uests\adapters.py", line 440, in send                                                
    timeout=timeout                                                                  
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\url
lib3\connectionpool.py", line 639, in urlopen                                        
    _stacktrace=sys.exc_info()[2])                                                   
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\url
lib3\util\retry.py", line 388, in increment                                          
    raise MaxRetryError(_pool, url, error or ResponseError(cause))                   
urllib3.exceptions.MaxRetryError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='api.telegram.org', port=4
43): Max retries exceeded with url: /bot894562119:AAHq7segxuAgALgaJw4SXeIkOhtIj_AWBC8
/getUpdates?offset=1&timeout=20 (Caused by ConnectTimeoutError(<urllib3.connection.Ve
rifiedHTTPSConnection object at 0x039E5730>, 'Connection to api.telegram.org timed ou
t. (connect timeout=3.5)'))                                                          
                                                                                     
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:                  
                                                                                     
Traceback (most recent call last):                                                   
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\tel
ebot\util.py", line 59, in run                                                       
    task(*args, **kwargs)                                                            
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\tel
ebot\__init__.py", line 276, in __retrieve_updates                                   
    updates = self.get_updates(offset=(self.last_update_id + 1), timeout=timeout)    
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\tel
ebot\__init__.py", line 246, in get_updates                                          
    json_updates = apihelper.get_updates(self.token, offset, limit, timeout, allowed_
updates)                                                                             
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\tel
ebot\apihelper.py", line 180, in get_updates                                         
    return _make_request(token, method_url, params=payload)                          
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\tel
ebot\apihelper.py", line 54, in _make_request                                        
    timeout=(connect_timeout, read_timeout), proxies=proxy)                          
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\req
uests\sessions.py", line 508, in request                                             
    resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)                                            
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\req
uests\sessions.py", line 618, in send                                                
    r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)                                              
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\req
uests\adapters.py", line 496, in send                                                
    raise ConnectTimeout(e, request=request)                                         
requests.exceptions.ConnectTimeout: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='api.telegram.org', port
=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /bot894562119:AAHq7segxuAgALgaJw4SXeIkOhtIj_AWB
C8/getUpdates?offset=1&timeout=20 (Caused by ConnectTimeoutError(<urllib3.connection.
VerifiedHTTPSConnection object at 0x039E5730>, 'Connection to api.telegram.org timed 
out. (connect timeout=3.5)'))                                                        
"                                                                                    
Traceback (most recent call last):                                                   
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\url
lib3\connection.py", line 141, in _new_conn                                          
    (self.host, self.port), self.timeout, **extra_kw)                                
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\url
lib3\util\connection.py", line 83, in create_connection                              
    raise err                                                                        
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\site-packages\url
lib3\util\connection.py", line 73, in create_connection                              
    sock.connect(sa)                                                                 
socket.timeout: timed out

Answer 1

Since telegram is "blocked" in Russia, api will give this error.
Install a VPN on your PC, change the country, then you can start the bot.

Answer 2

Install windscribe. They give 10 gigs for free. Enough for a long time if the traffic is only in Telegram.