How come I'm getting this Python error in my code?

Question

import urllib, urllib2
def URLRequest(url, params, method="GET"):
 if method == "POST":
 return urllib2.Request(url, data=urllib.encode(params)) <<<< 31
 else:
 return urllib2.Request(url + "?" + urllib.encode(params))

'module' object has no attribute 'encode', line 31

• Jarret Hardie: The function name is urlencode not encode, so you would call urllib.urlencode(params)
• BoltClock: @Jarret: That should be an answer ;)
• Katriel: The error message is pretty clear, no? If urllib has no attribute encode, that means that there is no encode function in urllib!
• Jarret Hardie: @BoltClock... heh heh, you're right, I was just too lazy to look up the link to the function in the API. Duly answered (with link)

Answer 1

The error message is correct: the urllib module does not have an encode() function. The function name is urlencode(), so you would call:

urllib.urlencode(params)

Python docs for the function: http://docs.python.org/library/urllib.html#urllib.urlencode

• BoltClock: Here you go, 10 rep from me :D