urllib module error! AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'request'

Question

I was currently playing with the 'urllib' module in python, and tried this to extract source code of a website:

import urllib
temp = urllib.request.urlopen('https://www.quora.com/#')

However, I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in temp = urllib.request.urlopen('https://www.quora.com/#') AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'request'

I am using Python 2.7.5 by the way.

Where is the documentation telling you about "urllib.request.urlopen"? — user2665694
– user2665694, Commented Nov 1, 2013 at 15:32
Python 3 documentation = Python 2 documentation? Think about it — user2665694
– user2665694, Commented Nov 1, 2013 at 15:49

falsetru · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-01 15:35:03Z

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It seems like you are reading Python 3.x documentation.

It's urllib.urlopen in Python 2.x.

answered Nov 1, 2013 at 15:35

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Manas Chaturvedi Over a year ago

Yup, works now! Was indeed reading the wrong documentation afterall.

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