Wait for proxy to be alive again - uses python VLC bindings to play windows notification sound if available and fetch does not return error

waitforproxytobealive.py

import requests
from requests.exceptions import ProxyError
import time
from time import sleep
from importlib import util

pyvlc = False

if util.find_spec('vlc') != None:
	from vlc import MediaPlayer, State
	pyvlc = True
	
	def play():
		p = MediaPlayer(r'C:\Windows\media\Windows Notify.wav')
		p.play()
		while p.get_state() != State.Ended:
			continue

success = False

while success is False:
	try:
		requests.get('http://ipinfo.io/json', proxies = {'http':$PROXY}, stream=True).headers
		if pyvlc is True:
			play()
			play()
	except ProxyError:
		time_str = time.strftime('%D %T')
		print(f'{time_str} - ProxyError')
		sleep(10)