title: HTTPConnection request socket.gaierror in python
body: <p>I encountered an error today while trying to retrieve an XML by sending a 'GET' HTTP request.</p>
  
  <pre><code>from httplib import HTTPConnection
  import urllib
  
  params = urllib.urlencode({'sK': 'test', 'sXML': 1})
  httpCon = HTTPConnection("http://www.podnapisi.net",80)
  httpCon.request('GET', '/en/ppodnapisi/search',params)
  r1 = httpCon.getresponse()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and here is the error i got:</p>
  
  <pre><code>.....
  File "C:\Python27\lib\socket.py", line 553, in create_connection
  for res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCK_STREAM):
  socket.gaierror: [Errno 11004] getaddrinfo failed
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The XML that I am trying to retrieve <a href="http://www.podnapisi.net/en/ppodnapisi/search?sK=test&amp;sXML=1" rel="nofollow">HERE</a></p>
  
  <p>How can I fix this error ?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in Advance ...</p>