python six library for 2 and 3 compatibility for requests

Question

How can I use the python six library for 2 and 3 compatibility on the foll. code sample:

import urllib.request

wp = urllib.request.urlopen("http://google.com")
pw = wp.read()
print(pw)

-- EDIT I tried this:

from six.moves.urllib.request import urlopen, urlretrieve
import six.moves.urllib.request as Request

request = Request('http://google.com')

but get this error:

TypeError: 'Module_six_moves_urllib_request' object is not callable

You're looking for [this bit in the documentation](https://pythonhosted.org/six/#module-six.moves). — Akshat Mahajan, Jul 18 '17 at 21:53

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 18 '17 at 22:01

1

You've almost had it:

from six.moves.urllib.request import urlopen

wp = urlopen("http://google.com")
pw = wp.read()
print(pw)

Or if you wanted to addess urllib directly as in the first attempt, use from six.moves import urllib.

answered Jul 18 '17 at 22:01

zwer

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