python 'jwt' module has no attribute 'encode'

Question

This is the basic code for jwt, but it is giving me an error.

import jwt
en  = jwt.encode({'some': 'payload'}, 'secret', algorithm='HS256')
print(en)

ERROR

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/anurag.agrawal/Desktop/HackerRank/jwt/jjwwtt.py", line 3, in <module>
    en  = jwt.encode({'some': 'payload'}, 'secret', algorithm='HS256')
AttributeError: module 'jwt' has no attribute 'encode'

Does this answer your question? [JWT: 'module' object has no attribute 'encode'](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33198428/jwt-module-object-has-no-attribute-encode) — Roshin Raphel, Jul 20 '20 at 14:27
Tried uninstalling pyjwt, still it is giving the same error. — Anurag Agrawal, Jul 20 '20 at 15:03
@RoshinRaphel, changed the folder name, it is still the same. — Anurag Agrawal, Jul 20 '20 at 15:51
@RoshinRaphel, used jwt.JWT().encode(....) now the error is - encodee = jwt.JWT().encode({'some': 'payload'}, 'secret', algorithm='HS256') AttributeError: partially initialized module 'jwt' has no attribute 'JWT' (most likely due to a circular import) — Anurag Agrawal, Jul 20 '20 at 15:51
For @RoshinRaphel suggestion to work on my side, I had to switch from Pipenv and move to Venv and do the installations. Perhaps Pipenv was installing / managing an older installation of PyJWT (for me). — Libby Lebyane, Jun 21 '22 at 15:29

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 21 '20 at 04:12

On going through various articles over the internet, finally got the solution to this problem, the library imported is to be pyjwt, as below:

from jwt import PyJWT

en = PyJWT.encode({'some' : 'payload'}, key= 'secret' , algorithm= 'RS256') print(en)

There are a few errors I am getting post this, but for now, the problem of library is resolved.

python 'jwt' module has no attribute 'encode'

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