I want to use [gtoken.py](https://github.com/ssut/py-googletrans/blob/master/googletrans/gtoken.py) through a socks5 proxy. Based on the comment [here](https://github.com/encode/httpx/issues/203#issuecomment-611914974) and the example usage in [gtoken.py](https://github.com/ssut/py-googletrans/blob/d15c94f176463b2ce6199a42a1c517690366977f/googletrans/gtoken.py#L29), I tried with the following method, but failed:
```python
(datasci) werner@X10DAi:~$ ipython
Python 3.9.1 (default, Feb 10 2021, 15:30:33)
Type 'copyright', 'credits' or 'license' for more information
IPython 7.23.1 -- An enhanced Interactive Python. Type '?' for help.

In [1]: import socks

In [2]: import socket

In [3]: socks.set_default_proxy(socks.SOCKS5, "127.0.0.1", 18889)
...: socket.socket = socks.socksocket

In [4]: from googletrans.gtoken import TokenAcquirer

In [5]: acquirer=TokenAcquirer()

In [6]: text = 'test'

In [7]: tk= acquirer.do(text)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
AttributeError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-7-8223ccd9014e> in <module>
----> 1 tk= acquirer.do(text)

~/.pyenv/versions/3.9.1/envs/datasci/lib/python3.9/site-packages/googletrans/gtoken.py in do(self, text)
192
193 def do(self, text):
--> 194 self._update()
195 tk = self.acquire(text)
196 return tk

~/.pyenv/versions/3.9.1/envs/datasci/lib/python3.9/site-packages/googletrans/gtoken.py in _update(self)
60
61 # this will be the same as python code after stripping out a reserved word 'var'
---> 62 code = self.RE_TKK.search(r.text).group(1).replace('var ', '')
63 # unescape special ascii characters such like a \x3d(=)
64 code = code.encode().decode('unicode-escape')

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'
```
Any hints for this problem will be highly appreciated.

Regards,
HY

On Tue, 27 Jul 2021 01:55:33 -0700 (PDT), "hongy...@gmail.com"
<hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> declaimed the following:

>In [4]: from googletrans.gtoken import TokenAcquirer
>
Per documentation: https://py-googletrans.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

"""
googletrans.gtoken

Hint

This is for internal use only to generate a valid token to access
translate.google.com ajax API.

class googletrans.gtoken.TokenAcquirer(client: httpx._client.Client,
tkk='0', host='translate.google.com')
"""

I'm not sure how to interpret the definition shown -- it starts out as
a class, but then seems to include a mix of superclass and initialization
arguments).

Also a touch confusing -- should this be "...you do NOT have this..."
"""
translate.google.com uses a token to authorize the requests. If you are not
Google, you do have this token and will have to pay for use.
"""

>In [5]: acquirer=TokenAcquirer()
>
>In [6]: text = 'test'
>
>In [7]: tk= acquirer.do(text)

Though it looks much like you are trying the example shown in that
linked page...

Your mention of socks/etc. is irrelevant, as just the pure
"""
from googletrans.gtoken import TokenAcquirer
acquirer = TokenAcquirer()
text = "test"
tk = acquirer.do(text)
"""
results in the error
"""
C:\Users\Wulfraed\Documents\_Hg-Repositories\Python Progs>python
googletrans_test.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "googletrans_test.py", line 4, in <module>
tk = acquirer.do(text)
File "C:\Python38\lib\site-packages\googletrans\gtoken.py", line 194, in
do
self._update()
File "C:\Python38\lib\site-packages\googletrans\gtoken.py", line 62, in
_update
code = self.RE_TKK.search(r.text).group(1).replace('var ', '')
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'

C:\Users\Wulfraed\Documents\_Hg-Repositories\Python Progs>
"""

(now to uninstall all the crud that package carries along, since I have no
need for it).

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