How to fix AttributeError: type object 'CookieJar' has no attribute 'LWPCookieJar'?

Question

I am using cookielib(cookiejar named now in Python3) and mechanize.

I am importing this way

import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import mechanize
try:
    from cookielib import Cookie, CookieJar         
except ImportError:
    from http.cookiejar import Cookie, CookieJar as cookielib

but I keep getting this error (AttributeError: type object 'CookieJar' has no attribute 'LWPCookieJar') at this point of my code

# Cookie Jar
cj = cookielib.LWPCookieJar()
br.set_cookiejar(cj)

Any ideas?

Thanks a lot for your time!

On an `ImportError` cookielib is bound to the `CookieJar` class. `WPCookieJar` is a member of the `http.cookiejar` module not the `CookieJar` class — Iain Shelvington, Jul 27 '19 at 08:55
@IainShelvington you mean I should also import LWPCookieJar on its own? — limitcracker, Jul 27 '19 at 11:27

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 27 '19 at 11:32

You can import http.cookiejar as cookielib when using python 3, they have almost the exact same interface.

try:
    import cookielib         
except ImportError:
    from http import cookiejar as cookielib

# Now you can use cookielib.LWPCookieJar no matter what version of python you're using
cookielib.LWPCookieJar()
cookielib.CookieJar()  # or the other classes

How to fix AttributeError: type object 'CookieJar' has no attribute 'LWPCookieJar'?

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