I get an error when I try to get a site in Python

Question

import whois
site = input('enter site : ')
M = whois.whois(site)
print(M)

When I input, enter site : google.com

I got following response (error):

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "f:/Programming/project/Project/whois.py", line 1, in <module>
    import whois
  File "f:\Programming\project\Project\whois.py", line 4, in <module>
    M = whois.whois(site)
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

The file path in the stack trace isn't where modules would usually be installed. Do you have a module called whois? — Holloway, Aug 04 '21 at 14:07
Which python version are you using? Did you install the module with pip? — user107511, Aug 04 '21 at 14:07

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 04 '21 at 14:07

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try:

M = whois.query(site)
print(M.__dict__)

query is the method to get the site whois data

answered Aug 04 '21 at 14:07

user107511

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 04 '21 at 14:10

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Your file is called whois.py. When you import whois you are importing your file not the package you think you are. Running whois.whois(...) you are calling yourself as a function.

Rename your file and try again.

answered Aug 04 '21 at 14:10

Holloway

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I changed it before, it gives an error again – Milad Rasooli Aug 04 '21 at 14:22
No module named 'whois' – Milad Rasooli Aug 04 '21 at 18:23
@MiladRasooli how did you install `whois`? – Holloway Aug 05 '21 at 09:39
pip install whois – Milad Rasooli Aug 07 '21 at 16:36

I get an error when I try to get a site in Python

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