python pip install poster gives me error --> Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\

Question

I am using Python 3, and am not able to --> pip install poster library

I am trying to upload a file using poster. I have tried: pip install poster or easy_install poster they both fail I get an error :

print "send:", repr(value)
                ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\...

pip install poster  also tried   

easy_install poster .

I have also tried downloading .tar.gz and I get the same error

I have also tried : pip install --upgrade setuptools

Possible duplicate of [Python: HTTP Post a large file with streaming](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2502596/python-http-post-a-large-file-with-streaming) - this appears to have the same behaviour? — Ken Y-N, Jan 07 '19 at 00:03

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 06 '19 at 23:51

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Based on the first line of code, it seems like poster is only Python 2 compatible. Notice that the latest version of this library was published in 2011, so Python 3 compatibility was probably not implemented.

Try using a different library or switching to Python 2.

answered Jan 06 '19 at 23:51

nareddyt

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Do you know what library I can use to upload a file in pyhton 3? – Ghost Jan 07 '19 at 00:13
I'm really not sure, [this post might help](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40015869/how-to-stream-post-data-into-python-requests). Are the files you are uploading too big to load into memory? If they are not, you can just use the standard `requests` library [like so](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22567306/python-requests-file-upload). – nareddyt Jan 07 '19 at 02:34

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 12 '19 at 18:45

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Use poster3.

It is the Python3 version of poster.

answered Dec 12 '19 at 18:45

Srini

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 07 '20 at 10:20

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For Python3 use poster3. refer this

pip install poster3

answered Aug 07 '20 at 10:20

Keval

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python pip install poster gives me error --> Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\

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