ConnectionRefusedError: [Errno 61] Connection refused downloading en_core_web_sm

[JINHXu]

Hello,

I ran into a ConnectionRefusedError: [Errno 61] Connection refused when downloading en_core_web_sm, any help with this would be appreciated, here is the full error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/xujinghua/spc/lib/python3.7/site-packages/urllib3/connection.py", line 157, in _new_conn
    (self._dns_host, self.port), self.timeout, **extra_kw
  File "/Users/xujinghua/spc/lib/python3.7/site-packages/urllib3/util/connection.py", line 84, in create_connection
    raise err
  File "/Users/xujinghua/spc/lib/python3.7/site-packages/urllib3/util/connection.py", line 74, in create_connection
    sock.connect(sa)
ConnectionRefusedError: [Errno 61] Connection refused

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/xujinghua/spc/lib/python3.7/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 672, in urlopen
    chunked=chunked,
  File "/Users/xujinghua/spc/lib/python3.7/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 376, in _make_request
    self._validate_conn(conn)
  File "/Users/xujinghua/spc/lib/python3.7/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 994, in _validate_conn
    conn.connect()
  File "/Users/xujinghua/spc/lib/python3.7/site-packages/urllib3/connection.py", line 334, in connect
    conn = self._new_conn()
  File "/Users/xujinghua/spc/lib/python3.7/site-packages/urllib3/connection.py", line 169, in _new_conn
    self, "Failed to establish a new connection: %s" % e
urllib3.exceptions.NewConnectionError: <urllib3.connection.VerifiedHTTPSConnection object at 0x11a2e90f0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 61] Connection refused

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/xujinghua/spc/lib/python3.7/site-packages/requests/adapters.py", line 449, in send
    timeout=timeout
  File "/Users/xujinghua/spc/lib/python3.7/site-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 720, in urlopen
    method, url, error=e, _pool=self, _stacktrace=sys.exc_info()[2]
  File "/Users/xujinghua/spc/lib/python3.7/site-packages/urllib3/util/retry.py", line 436, in increment
    raise MaxRetryError(_pool, url, error or ResponseError(cause))
urllib3.exceptions.MaxRetryError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='raw.githubusercontent.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /explosion/spacy-models/master/shortcuts-v2.json (Caused by NewConnectionError('<urllib3.connection.VerifiedHTTPSConnection object at 0x11a2e90f0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 61] Connection refused'))

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/xujinghua/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/runpy.py", line 192, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None, "__main__", mod_spec)
  File "/Users/xujinghua/miniconda3/lib/python3.7/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/Users/xujinghua/spc/lib/python3.7/site-packages/spacy/__main__.py", line 33, in <module>
    plac.call(commands[command], sys.argv[1:])
  File "/Users/xujinghua/spc/lib/python3.7/site-packages/plac_core.py", line 367, in call
    cmd, result = parser.consume(arglist)
  File "/Users/xujinghua/spc/lib/python3.7/site-packages/plac_core.py", line 232, in consume
    return cmd, self.func(*(args + varargs + extraopts), **kwargs)
  File "/Users/xujinghua/spc/lib/python3.7/site-packages/spacy/cli/download.py", line 44, in download
    shortcuts = get_json(about.__shortcuts__, "available shortcuts")
  File "/Users/xujinghua/spc/lib/python3.7/site-packages/spacy/cli/download.py", line 95, in get_json
    r = requests.get(url)
  File "/Users/xujinghua/spc/lib/python3.7/site-packages/requests/api.py", line 75, in get
    return request('get', url, params=params, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/xujinghua/spc/lib/python3.7/site-packages/requests/api.py", line 60, in request
    return session.request(method=method, url=url, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/xujinghua/spc/lib/python3.7/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 533, in request
    resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
  File "/Users/xujinghua/spc/lib/python3.7/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 646, in send
    r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/xujinghua/spc/lib/python3.7/site-packages/requests/adapters.py", line 516, in send
    raise ConnectionError(e, request=request)
requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='raw.githubusercontent.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /explosion/spacy-models/master/shortcuts-v2.json (Caused by NewConnectionError('<urllib3.connection.VerifiedHTTPSConnection object at 0x11a2e90f0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 61] Connection refused'))

Thanks,
JX

[JINHXu]

The issue has been solved with:
pip install https://github.com/explosion/spacy-models/releases/download/en_core_web_sm-2.3.0/en_core_web_sm-2.3.0.tar.gz --no-deps
for the URL in the command, find a compatible release here: https://github.com/explosion/spacy-models/releases/
Anyone who ran into the same problem should try this.