[pythonpune] socket - 'module' object is not callable

[ajax...@gmail.com]

Hello all ,

I am trying to run  a program , but I am getting following error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "socket.py", line 28, in <module>
    check = check_server(options.address, options.port)
  File "socket.py", line 8, in check_server
    s = socket.socket()
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

Program

#!/usr/bin/env python
import socket
import re
import sys

def check_server(address, port):
   
    s = socket.socket()
    print "Attempting to connect to %s on port %s" % (address , port)
    try:
        s.connect((address, port))
        print "Connected to %s on port %s" % (address, port)
        return True
    except socekt.error, e:
        print "Connecton to %s on port %s failed: %s" % (address, port , e)
        return False

if __name__ == '__main__':
    from optparse import OptionParser
    parser = OptionParser()
   
    parser.add_option("-a", "--address", dest="address", default='localhost', help="ADDRESS for server", metavar="ADDRESS")
   
    parser.add_option("-p", "--port", dest="port", type="int", default=80, help="PORT for server", metavar="PORT")
   
    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
    print 'options: %s, args: %s' % (options, args)
    check = check_server(options.address, options.port)
    print 'check_server returned %s' % check
    sys.exit(not check)

I am using Ubuntu 13.04 , python 2.7.

I also try to run some simple socket programs but i am getting  same error. Do I need to install any library? I tried installing python-socketpool , python-gevent.

I am python beginner. where i am making mistake?
Please help .

[Vineet Naik]

On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 9:39 PM, ajax...@gmail.com <ajax...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello all ,

I am trying to run  a program , but I am getting following error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "socket.py", line 28, in <module>
    check = check_server(options.address, options.port)
  File "socket.py", line 8, in check_server
    s = socket.socket()
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

Looks like your module is also named socket (file is named socket.py). Rename the file to something else and try.

 

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[ajax...@gmail.com]

Yes vineet . I renamed the file name. It worked. Thanks.

[rahul kumar]

This error statement TypeError: 'module' object is not callable is raised as you are being confused about the Class name and Module name. The problem is in the import line . You are importing a module, not a class. This happend because the module name and class name have the same name .

If you have a class "MyClass" in a file called "MyClass.py" , then you should import :

 

from MyClass import MyClass

In Python , a script is a module, whose name is determined by the filename . So when you start out your file MyClass.py with import MyClass you are creating a loop in the module structure.