qiskit/util.py
def _has_connection(hostname, port):
    """Checks if internet connection exists to host via specified port.

    If any exception is raised while trying to open a socket this will return
    false.

    Args:
        hostname (str): Hostname to connect to.
        port (int): Port to connect to

    Returns:
        bool: Has connection or not

    """
    try:
        host = socket.gethostbyname(hostname)
        socket.create_connection((host, port), 2)
        return True
    except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
        return False
def _has_connection(hostname, port):
    """Checks if internet connection exists to host via specified port.

    If any exception is raised while trying to open a socket this will return
    false.

    Args:
        hostname (str): Hostname to connect to.
        port (int): Port to connect to

    Returns:
        bool: Has connection or not

    """
    try:
        host = socket.gethostbyname(hostname)
        socket.create_connection((host, port), 2)
        return True
    except Exception:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
        return False
Checks if internet connection exists to host via specified port.

    If any exception is raised while trying to open a socket this will return
    false.

    Args:
        hostname (str): Hostname to connect to.
        port (int): Port to connect to

    Returns:
        bool: Has connection or not