'module' has no attribute 'urlencode'

Question

When I try to follow the Python Wiki's example related to URL encoding:

>>> import urllib
>>> params = urllib.urlencode({'spam': 1, 'eggs': 2, 'bacon': 0})
>>> f = urllib.urlopen("http://www.musi-cal.com/cgi-bin/query", params)
>>> print f.read()

An error is raised on the second line:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'urlencode'

What am I missing?

The "2" in your URL. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Mar 06 '15 at 20:17 — Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams, Mar 06 '15 at 20:17

score 336 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 08 '19 at 06:36

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urllib has been split up in Python 3.

The urllib.urlencode() function is now urllib.parse.urlencode(),

the urllib.urlopen() function is now urllib.request.urlopen().

edited Oct 08 '19 at 06:36

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answered Mar 06 '15 at 20:16

Kevin

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score 44 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 08 '17 at 12:28

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import urllib.parse
urllib.parse.urlencode({'spam': 1, 'eggs': 2, 'bacon': 0})

answered Jan 08 '17 at 12:28

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 06 '15 at 20:16

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You use the Python 2 docs but write your program in Python 3.

answered Mar 06 '15 at 20:16

User

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Well it is a tag in your problem and the link points to the Python 2 docs. – Malik Brahimi Mar 06 '15 at 20:21

'module' has no attribute 'urlencode'

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