AttributeError: module 'socket' has no attribute 'AF_INET'

Question

the code was working fine, now it shows the error

AttributeError: module 'socket' has no attribute 'AF_INET'

The code as below: Module name is not socket.py

import socket
client= socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
host='192.168.xx.x'
port=4196
client.connect((host, port))
print("connected to IP", host,"and port", port) 

Error:

`Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\User\eclipse-workspace\New\soc.py", line 1, in <module>
   import socket
File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\lib\socket.py", line 2, in <module>
    client=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM)
AttributeError: module 'socket' has no attribute 'AF_INET'

`

Answer 1

You're likely to have a module named socket.py in your project directory, in which case it will take precedence over the standard module when you do import socket. Rename the socket.py in your project directory to something else and your code would work.