From 585803ca0232f39fc754e519be2e7dc4f075b755 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DidierRLopes <dro.lopes@campus.fct.unl.pt>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 02:29:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] change test for internet connection (#569)

---
 terminal.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/terminal.py b/terminal.py
index 961a921731b..d31a440c3a1 100644
--- a/terminal.py
+++ b/terminal.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import List
-import socket
+import requests
 import pandas as pd
 import yfinance as yf
 from alpha_vantage.timeseries import TimeSeries
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ def terminal():
     """Terminal Menu"""
 
     # Check if the user has internet connection
-    if socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname()) == "127.0.0.1":
+    if requests.get("https://www.google.com/").status_code != 200:
         print("Internet connection is needed to use Gamestonk Terminal.", "\n")
         return