Tor with Python: Actively Refusing Connection

Question

I'm trying to interface with Tor using Python, but it keeps refusing my connection. Here is my code:

from TorCtl import TorCtl
conn = TorCtl.connect(controlAddr="127.0.0.1", controlPort=9051, passphrase="123")

I've also tried:

from TorCtl import TorCtl
conn = TorCtl.connect()

Both yield the following error:

Failed to establish socket: [Errno 10061] No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

Any ideas why this is happening/how I might fix it?

Answer 1

Hmmm, first I've seen that particular error. My first guess would be a local firewall, try running 'telnet localhost 9051' to troubleshoot.

On a side note TorCtl has been deprecated in favour of stem .