python : module attributes missing in python script but not in interpreter

Question

I have installed a python package plivo using the sudo pip install plivo.

and interpreter I test it with some code like:

 >>> import plivo
 >>> p = plivo.RestAPI('xxx', 'yyy')

everything working fine in python interpreter.

Exactly same code is not working in a python script test_plivio.py giving error : AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'RestAPI'

then I checked with dir() in interpreter

>>> dir(plivo)
['Account', 'Application', 'Call', 'Carrier', 'Conference', 'ConferenceMember', 'EndPoint', 'Message', 'Number', 'PLIVO_VERSION', 'PlivoError', 'PlivoResponse', 'Pricing', 'Recording', 'RestAPI', 'SubAccount', 'XML', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', '__package__', 'base64', 'hmac', 'json', 'requests', 'sha1', 'validate_signature']

RestAPI is there.

while in test_plivo.py dir(plivo) is like:

['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', '__package__', 'main']

clearly dir(plivo) in script is missing RestAPI with other functions.

Why is that behavior and how to resolve that ?

Also, if you are using virtualenv, sudo pip install ... will install into your global python, not into your virtualenv. — Maciej Gol
– Maciej Gol, Commented Nov 14, 2013 at 9:55

Martijn Pieters · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-14 10:00:27Z

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You are importing a different module; on your path you have a different plivo.py (or plivo.pyc cached bytecode) file.

Print out the __file__ attribute to see what is imported instead:

print plivo.__file__

and rename that or move it somewhere else.

edited Nov 14, 2013 at 10:00

answered Nov 14, 2013 at 9:51

Martijn Pieters

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2 Comments

navyad Over a year ago

i made a mistake to keep the name of script as plivo.py. Although i remaned it test_plivo.py there was a plivo.pyc and my import was importing that file. thanks

Martijn Pieters Over a year ago

@naveenyadav: Indeed, a cached bytecode file would also mask another module.

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