No requests module error

Question

I'm trying to write a web parser script using requests module. Here is my current code:

import requests
import subprocess
import json
import sys
import threading
import time
from Queue import Queue

numberOfViewers = int(sys.argv[1])
builderThreads = int(sys.argv[2])
startTime = time.time()
numberOfSockets = 0
concurrent = 25
urls = []
urlsUsed = []

def getURL(): # Get tokens
  output = subprocess.Popen(["livestreamer", "twitch.tv/CHANNEL_NAME", "-j"],
  stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
  return json.loads(output)['streams']['worst']['url'] # Parse json and return the URL parameter

def build(): # Builds a set of tokens, aka viewers
  global numberOfSockets
  global numberOfViewers
  while True:
    if numberOfSockets < numberOfViewers:
      numberOfSockets += 1
      print ("Building viewers " + str(numberOfSockets) + "/" + str(numberOfViewers))
      urls.append(getURL())

def view(): # Opens connections to send views
  global numberOfSockets
  while True:
    url=q.get()
    requests.head(url)
    if (url in urlsUsed):
      urls.remove(url)
      urlsUsed.remove(url)
      numberOfSockets -= 1
    else:
      urlsUsed.append(url)
      q.task_done()

      if __name__ == '__main__':
        for i in range(0, builderThreads):
          threading.Thread(target = build).start()

          while True:
            while (numberOfViewers != numberOfSockets): # Wait until sockets are built
              time.sleep(1)

              q=Queue(concurrent*2)
              for i in range(concurrent):
                try:
                  t=threading.Thread(target=view)
                  t.daemon=True
                  t.start()
                except:
                  print ('thread error')
                  try:
                    for url in urls:
                      print (url)
                      q.put(url.strip())
                      q.join()
                  except KeyboardInterrupt:
                    sys.exit(1)

But when I run the code, it says:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\flamelier\Desktop\Twitch.py", line 1, in <module>
    import requests
ImportError: No module named 'requests'

Why am I getting this error? How do I install this module? Will this error keep repeating for all the scripts henceforth? How can I prevent such similar errors in the future?

Did you install `requests`? It doesn't come with the default Python installation. — kichik, Jul 08 '17 at 20:26
Don't run code you haven't written unless you know what it is doing. — cs95, Jul 08 '17 at 20:29
Possible duplicate of [Python module not found](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6587382/python-module-not-found) — Harshith Thota, Jul 08 '17 at 20:57
Possible duplicate of [ImportError: No module named requests](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17309288/importerror-no-module-named-requests) — anthony sottile, Jul 09 '17 at 02:52

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 08 '17 at 20:27

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Requests is a 3rd party module. You should first install it to Python using PIP or easy_install.

answered Jul 08 '17 at 20:27

Harshith Thota

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 09 '17 at 02:11

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You have to run pip3 install requests as requests doesn't come with Python by default, as it is a third party library.

edited Jul 09 '17 at 02:11

TomServo

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answered Jul 09 '17 at 01:37

ByteSize

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 09 '17 at 02:59

Even after you have pip3-installed requests, the code shown won't do anything. The

    if __name__ == "__main__"

test and everything after it is part of an else block in the view function. Back this line and the block that follows out to the left margin.

No requests module error

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