Getting "TypeError: 'module' object is not callable" with `socket.socket()`

Question

When I execute this code I get the following error:

import socket
s=socket.socket()
s.connect(("data.pr4e.org",80))
cmd='GET http://data.pr4e.org/romeo.txt HTTP/1.0\n\n'.encode()
s.send(cmd)
while True:
    data=s.recv(512)
    if (len(data)<1):
            break
    print(data.decode())
s.close()

Error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "socket.py", line 1, in <module>
    import socket
  File "/home/arnav/WorkSpace/Python/Coursera/AccessWebData/socket.py", line 2, in <module>
    s=socket.socket()
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

When this code is entered on the terminal, it works just fine.

I do not understand what I am doing wrong.

@nicolallias He is not missing from socket import socket since he is doing s=socket.socket() instead of s=socket(). Also i wouldnt consider this a duplicate since he added much more context than the original question. — Marco Montevechi Filho
– Marco Montevechi Filho, Commented Jan 6, 2023 at 15:06

Arghya Saha · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-27 12:45:55Z

10

The main issue is your file name is also socket.py and the first line of your code is also import socket. So basically python code is trying to import itself and hence it is failing.

Please rename the file to socket_use_case.py and it would solve your problem

answered Nov 27, 2018 at 12:45

Arghya Saha

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