SyntaxError:Invalid Syntax on python import JWT

Question

I am trying to import the package JWT into Python 2.7 and I am getting a SyntaxError: invalid syntax. What can I do to fix this?

Possible duplicate of What does -> mean in Python function definitions? — vaultah
– vaultah, Commented May 5, 2017 at 17:37
@vaultah I don't see how that directly answers the problem with an import statement. — Big_Ozzy
– Big_Ozzy, Commented May 5, 2017 at 17:45
@user2357112 Thanks that was the problem, needed to install Pyjwt package to get it work thank you. — Big_Ozzy
– Big_Ozzy, Commented May 5, 2017 at 17:49

Big_Ozzy · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-05 17:51:07Z

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I was trying install jwt for Python 3 when I needed the package Pyjwt for Python 2.7

answered May 5, 2017 at 17:51

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Julian Wise · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-16 00:04:06Z

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The logical thing to install jwt on Python 2 is:

pip install jwt

Which lead to the error.

The correct install which worked on my side is:

pip install PyJWT

and it worked.

answered May 16, 2018 at 0:04

Julian Wise

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