'module' has no attribute 'urlencode'

Question

When I try to follow the Python Wiki's example related to URL encoding:

>>> import urllib
>>> params = urllib.urlencode({'spam': 1, 'eggs': 2, 'bacon': 0})
>>> f = urllib.urlopen("http://www.musi-cal.com/cgi-bin/query", params)
>>> print f.read()

An error is raised on the second line:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'urlencode'

What am I missing?

The "2" in your URL.

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
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2015-03-06 20:17:03 +00:00
Commented Mar 6, 2015 at 20:17 — Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
– Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams, Commented Mar 6, 2015 at 20:17

Usman Maqbool · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-08 06:36:57Z

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urllib has been split up in Python 3.

The urllib.urlencode() function is now urllib.parse.urlencode(),

the urllib.urlopen() function is now urllib.request.urlopen().

edited Oct 8, 2019 at 6:36

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Vijay P R · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-08 12:28:12Z

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import urllib.parse
urllib.parse.urlencode({'spam': 1, 'eggs': 2, 'bacon': 0})

answered Jan 8, 2017 at 12:28

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User · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-06 20:16:59Z

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You use the Python 2 docs but write your program in Python 3.

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Malik Brahimi Over a year ago

Well it is a tag in your problem and the link points to the Python 2 docs.

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