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Ans Bilal
Ans Bilal

Reputation: 1067

Error creating socket in Python 2.7

I am very new to socket or network programing . I am just trying to create a socket but python is giving me traceback. I am using python 2.7 on Ubuntu 12

my code:

import socket
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
print 'OK'

traceback is :

    Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 66, in apport_excepthook
    from apport.fileutils import likely_packaged, get_recent_crashes
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from apport.report import Report
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 12, in <module>
    import subprocess, tempfile, os.path, urllib, re, pwd, grp, os
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/urllib.py", line 26, in <module>
    import socket
  File "/home/ans/Desktop/python_p/socket.py", line 2, in <module>
    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'AF_INET'

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "socket.py", line 1, in <module>
    import socket
  File "/home/ans/Desktop/python_p/socket.py", line 2, in <module>
    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'AF_INET'

Upvotes: 1

Views: 693

Answers (1)

Daniel
Daniel

Reputation: 42788

You named your program file socket.py, so this file is imported, instead of the standard library module. Rename your file, remove any socket.pyc and try again.

Upvotes: 6

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