How to call socket module properly in Python

Question

I am building a simple UDP client, however, I am getting an error message "socket is not callable". I have checked the code and it can find the problem

I tried importing the module by using "from socket import *" but it didn't work.

import socket
serverName = 'hostname'
serverPort = 1200
clientSocket = socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
message = 'Testing the system'
clientSocket.sendto(message, (serverName, serverPort))
modifiedMessage, serverAddress = clientSocket.recvfrom(2048)
print(modifiedMessage)
clientSocket.close()

Narcisse Doudieu Siewe · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-09T23:24:32.360

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you need to import socket from socket module like this

import socket
from socket import socket as sk
serverName = 'hostname'
serverPort = 1200
clientSocket = sk(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)

etc

edited Apr 09 '19 at 23:24

answered Apr 09 '19 at 23:12

Narcisse Doudieu Siewe

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 09 '19 at 23:14

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I think you have named your program as socket.py or stored your program in a folder that contains socket.py . Either rename your file or delete them

answered Apr 09 '19 at 23:14

krishna reddy

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 09 '19 at 23:23

Your code should work, you just need to change

clientSocket = socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)

To

clientSocket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)

You are trying to feed inputs to a module (socket) instead of the function inside the module (socket.socket)

How to call socket module properly in Python

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