Python giving "module' object has no attribute 'message_from_string' error

Question

I am moving from C# to Python, and I am guessing I am stepping on some namesapce issue, but I can't find the problem. Here is the current class that is giving me error (on line 41)

import imaplib
import os
import email

class EmailWrapper:

hostname = None     # herp
username = None     # derp
password = None     # might encrypt this if there is time

def __init__(self, host, user, passwd):
    self.hostname = host
    self.username = user 
    self.password = passwd

# Create connection and return it
def connect(self, verbose=True):
    if verbose: print 'Connecting to ', self.hostname
    connection = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL(self.hostname)
    if verbose: print 'Logging in as ', self.username
    connection.login(self.username, self.password)
    if verbose: print 'Selecting Inbox.'
    connection.select('Inbox')
    return connection

# Grab last email in inbox and return it from connection
def get_last_email(self, c):
    # Get list of emails
    result, data = c.search(None, "ALL")

    # get last ID
    ids = data[0]  
    idList = ids.split()
    lastEmailID = idList[-1]

    # Fetch email
    result, data = c.fetch(lastEmailID, "(RFC822)")

    # Seclect body and return it
    rawEmail = data[0][1]
    emailMessage = email.message_from_string(rawEmail)
    return emailMessage


def close_connection(self, c):
    c.close()
    c.logout()

Any time I call get_last_email I get the error "AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'message_from_string'". Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks

Does the example here work when you put it in a interactive prompt? — Natecat
– Natecat, Commented Apr 21, 2016 at 1:55
What's the output of dir(email)? You don't happen to have a file called email.py in the same folder, right? — jDo
– jDo, Commented Apr 21, 2016 at 2:02
Son of a **** mother ****** I did! It was the first script I was messing with. Jesus, thanks. I R the dumb. Thank you @jDo - that was the problem. — OmegaNine
– OmegaNine, Commented Apr 21, 2016 at 2:08

OmegaNine · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-21 02:16:17Z

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The problem, as pointed out by @jDo, was that i still had an empty email.py file sitting around in the project directory. Thanks!

answered Apr 21, 2016 at 2:16

OmegaNine

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