Python Websockets Module has no attribute

Question

I have this python script that sends a WebSocket message to my python server. But it keeps throwing errors. I have seen these errors before, but I can't seem to fix it. I use the 2.7.x version.

#!/usr/bin/python
import websocket
import sys
val = sys.argv[1]
ws = websocket.create_connection("ws://ipaddress:9001")
ws.send(val)
ws.close()

The Error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./test.py", line 5, in <module>
    ws = websocket.create_connection("ws://ipaddress:9001")
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'create_connection'

Answer 1

you've installed the wrong library (websocket) try installing websocket-client

$ pip install websocket-client

and then your code must work just fine

Answer 2

See the answer by falsetru here: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'WebSocketApp'

" Make sure that you didn't name your file as websocket.py; Otherwise, it will prevent import of the desired third-party module websocket; because your module is searched first according to sys.path module search path.

Rename your module to other name, and make sure to clean websocket.pyc if it was generated."