CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythonsockets
user3676491
user3676491

Reputation: 31

AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute

Trying to program a socket in python but keep getting attribute errors every time I try to use the socket module. The attributes should be there. They are rather basic things. I have at this point just copy and pasted tutorial code and still it gives me error. 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\micheal\workspace\GCNSocket\socket\GCNSocket.py", line 18, in <module>
    except socket.error, msg:
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'error'

and my code is 

import time
import socket
import sys

host_ip="209.208.78.170"
port=8099                   
if __name__ == "__main__":
   currentTime=time.time() #current time (time)
   lastTime=time.time() #records last time of last received packet (time)

   try:
       mySocket=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM) # create socket
   except socket.error, msg:
      print ('Failed to create socket. Error code: ' + str(msg[0]) + ' , Error message : ' + msg[1])
      sys.exit()

  print("Starting Connection")
  if(mySocket.connect((host_ip,port))): #connect
       print("Connected to 209.208.78.170  port 8099")
  else:
       print("Unable to Connect")

If I remove the try block and just create the socket, I get same error with 'socket' instead of 'error'

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3963

Answers (1)

falsetru
falsetru

Reputation: 369134

You're using socket as a package name. It cause import of your package socket instead of standard library module socket.

Rename it so it does not collide with standard library module name.

Upvotes: 2

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