Wrapper for socket.create_connection() function.

    If *address* (a 2-tuple ``(host, port)``) contains a valid IPv4/v6
    address, passes *address* to socket.create_connection().
    If *host* is valid path to Unix Domain socket, tries to connect to
    the server listening on the given socket.

    :param address: IP address or path to Unix Domain socket.
    :return: Socket instance.

def create_connection(address):
    """
    Wrapper for socket.create_connection() function.

    If *address* (a 2-tuple ``(host, port)``) contains a valid IPv4/v6
    address, passes *address* to socket.create_connection().
    If *host* is valid path to Unix Domain socket, tries to connect to
    the server listening on the given socket.

    :param address: IP address or path to Unix Domain socket.
    :return: Socket instance.
    """
    host, _port = address

    if ip.valid_ipv4(host) or ip.valid_ipv6(host):
        return socket.create_connection(address)
    elif os.path.exists(host):
        sock = None
        try:
            sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
            sock.connect(host)
        except socket.error as e:
            if sock is not None:
                sock.close()
            raise e
        return sock
    else:
        raise ValueError('Invalid IP address or Unix Socket: %s' % host)