Import urllib.request, ImportError: No module named request

Question

I am trying to import urllib.request for python 2.7.10 on PyCharm 4.5.4 on Window 10 but getting the error "ImportError: No module named request".

Answer 1

I have also faced the same error and Googled to solve it. urlib.request is for Python 3.0.

You may use the code below:

import urllib
urllib.urlopen(url)

Answer 2

The urllib.request modules have been deprecated .. just use

import urllib

And for your function if you were earlier writing say

urllib.request.urlretrieve

Now you just write

urllib.urlretrieve

Answer 3

You'll get this error if you try running a python 3 file with python 2.

Answer 4

Try to use this in Python3

try:
    x = urllib.request.urlopen('https://www.google.com/search?q=test')
    print(x.read())

except Exception as e:
    print(str(e))