From fa454b5950af23dd6b24312dc7e771eb9ec432fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcus Cobden <marcus@marcuscobden.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 13:46:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Catch AttributeError in client connected check

If the client has never connected, there will be no __transport attribute.
---
 socketIO_client/__init__.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/socketIO_client/__init__.py b/socketIO_client/__init__.py
index 3bdecf1..c6b85f2 100644
--- a/socketIO_client/__init__.py
+++ b/socketIO_client/__init__.py
@@ -222,7 +222,12 @@ class SocketIO(object):
 
     @property
     def connected(self):
-        return self.__transport.connected
+        try:
+            transport = self.__transport
+        except AttributeError:
+            return False
+        else:
+            return transport.connected
 
     @property
     def _transport(self):