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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 18:21:25 -0700
Subject: Re: Import Doesn't Import
From: Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com>
To: ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com>
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On Wednesday, October 15, 2014, ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com> wrote:

> So sorry everyone.  I've posted here several times today.  This is VERY
> frustrating.
>
> So, I'm reading this link.
> https://docs.python.org/2/howto/urllib2.html
>

>
Important note!: The "/2/" in the URL means those docs are for Python 2.x
When using Python 3, ensure that the docs you're consulting have a "/3/" in
them instead.


> Fetching URLs
> The simplest way to use urllib2 is as follows:
> import urllib2
> response = urllib2.urlopen('http://python.org/')
> html = response.read()
>
>
> So, I fire up Python, and create a new file and name it and hit F5.
>
> All I have is thins in the file:
> import urllib2
> response = urllib2.urlopen('http://python.org/')
> html = response.read()
>
> It immediately produces this error:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "C:/Python34/import_web_data.py", line 1, in <module>
>     import urllib2
> ImportError: No module named 'urllib2'
>
>
You're using Python 3, and the urllib2 module no longer exists in Python 3.
The URL/HTTP modules got refactored on Python 3. You want the
`urllib.request` module instead.

Although most folks nowadays use http://docs.python-requests.org/ instead,
though it's third-party and outside the std lib.

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On Wednesday, October 15, 2014, ryguy7272 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ryanshuell@=
gmail.com">ryanshuell@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmai=
l_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left=
:1ex">So sorry everyone.=C2=A0 I&#39;ve posted here several times today.=C2=
=A0 This is VERY frustrating.<br>
<br>
So, I&#39;m reading this link.<br>
<a href=3D"https://docs.python.org/2/howto/urllib2.html" target=3D"_blank">=
https://docs.python.org/2/howto/urllib2.html</a>=C2=A0<br></blockquote><blo=
ckquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #c=
cc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Important n=
ote!: The &quot;/2/&quot; in the URL means those docs are for Python 2.x</d=
iv>When using Python 3, ensure that the docs you&#39;re consulting have a &=
quot;/3/&quot; in them=C2=A0instead.<br><div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex">
Fetching URLs<br>
The simplest way to use urllib2 is as follows:<br>
import urllib2<br>
response =3D urllib2.urlopen(&#39;<a href=3D"http://python.org/" target=3D"=
_blank">http://python.org/</a>&#39;)<br>
html =3D response.read()<br>
<br>
<br>
So, I fire up Python, and create a new file and name it and hit F5.<br>
<br>
All I have is thins in the file:<br>
import urllib2<br>
response =3D urllib2.urlopen(&#39;<a href=3D"http://python.org/" target=3D"=
_blank">http://python.org/</a>&#39;)<br>
html =3D response.read()<br>
<br>
It immediately produces this error:<br>
Traceback (most recent call last):<br>
=C2=A0 File &quot;C:/Python34/import_web_data.py&quot;, line 1, in &lt;modu=
le&gt;<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 import urllib2<br>
ImportError: No module named &#39;urllib2&#39;<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You&#39;re using Python 3, and the url=
lib2 module no longer=C2=A0exists=C2=A0in=C2=A0Python 3. The URL/HTTP modul=
es got refactored on Python 3. You want the `urllib.request` module instead=
.</div><div>=C2=A0</div>Although most folks nowadays use=C2=A0<a href=3D"ht=
tp://docs.python-requests.org/">http://docs.python-requests.org/</a>=C2=A0i=
nstead, though it&#39;s third-party and outside the std lib.

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