urllib, urllib2, urllib.request.open, AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'urlopen'

Question

I am trying using urllib but it shows error, version is Python 2, i also tried using urllib2 and urllib.request.open().

import urllib
import sys

print (sys.version)

myurl = urllib.urlopen('http://www.profmcmillan.com')
print (myurl)

output:

2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
..
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'urlopen'

with urllib2

import urllib2
import sys

print (sys.version)

myurl = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.profmcmillan.com')
print (myurl)

output:

2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
..
    myurl = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.profmcmillan.com')
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'urlopen'

same if I import urllib and use urllib.request.open

what is the name of your file/module? My guess is the default type is being overridden — karthikr, Sep 20 '14 at 14:39

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 20 '14 at 14:42

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It may be that you named your file urllib.py or you have such a file in your python path. So with:

import urllib

it doesn't import the real urllib library but one of your files. You can check the module file path with:

import urllib
print urllib.__file__

For example mine refers to: /usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.pyc

answered Sep 20 '14 at 14:42

enrico.bacis

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yep, thats all I could think of. The code is perfect – Md. Mohsin Sep 20 '14 at 14:43
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Wow, Thanks @enrico that's exactly the problem, how you figured it out :) – garg10may Sep 21 '14 at 03:45
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@garg10may Well, it was strange but it was the only possibility :) – enrico.bacis Sep 21 '14 at 08:18

urllib, urllib2, urllib.request.open, AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'urlopen'

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