Check if Network Port is Open using Python

socket.connect method

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import socket


def is_network_port_open(hostname, port):
    try:
        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        sock.connect((hostname, port))
        sock.close()

        return True
    except socket.error:
        return False


is_open = is_network_port_open('google.com', 80)
print(is_open)  # True

is_open = is_network_port_open('127.0.0.1', 443)
print(is_open)  # False