title: HTTPSConnectionPool Max retries exceeded api.ratesapi.io
body: <p>I am getting an HTTP connection failure while trying to use some currency rates.</p>
  <p>I am confuse if this is a connection issue or simply the call is invalid.</p>
  <p>socket.gaierror: [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known</p>
  <p>raise ConnectionError(e, request=request)
  requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='api.ratesapi.io', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /api/latest?base=EUR&amp;symbols=USD&amp;rtype=fpy (Caused by NewConnectionError('&lt;urllib3.connection.HTTPSConnection object at 0x7fb3d1605820&gt;: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known'))</p>
  <pre><code>from forex_python.converter import CurrencyRates
  from datetime import date
  
  print(&quot;-----&quot;)
  today = date.today()
  CcyTarget: str = 'USD'
  c = CurrencyRates()
  
  # Class Cash
  class Cash:
      def __init__(self, Account, CcyOutput):
          self.CcyOutput = CcyOutput
          self.Account = Account
  
      def ccy_alignment_method(self):
          return c.convert(&quot;EUR&quot;, CcyTarget, self.Account)
  
  
  # Class Def
  BANK = Cash(9999, CcyTarget)
  
  
  Total_Cash_inCCYTarget = BANK.ccy_alignment_method()
  </code></pre>
  <p>Would you able to identify the blocking point ?</p>