ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'BaseHTTPServer'

Question

So I am trying to follow a tutorial online on how to work with web.py, and I got it installed but unfortunately, using this piece of code yields a nasty error. My Code...

import web

urls = (
    '/(.*)', 'index'
)

app = web.application(urls, globals())


class index:
    def GET(self, name):
        return "Hello", name, '. How are you today?'

if __name__== "__main__":
    app.run()

MY ERROR:

C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\python.exe C:/Users/User/PycharmProjects/Webprojects/main.py

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/User/PycharmProjects/Webprojects/main.py", line 15, in <module>
    app.run()
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\web\application.py", line 312, in run
    return wsgi.runwsgi(self.wsgifunc(*middleware))
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\web\wsgi.py", line 59, in runwsgi
    return httpserver.runsimple(func, server_addr)
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\web\httpserver.py", line 154, in runsimple
    func = LogMiddleware(func)
  File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\web\httpserver.py", line 296, in __init__
    from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'BaseHTTPServer'

Process finished with exit code 1

It looks like that tutorial is based on Python version 2. Python 3 doesn't have a module named 'BaseHTTPServer'. see [this](https://docs.python.org/3/library/http.server.html) — Himal, Jul 21 '17 at 04:41
I do not think you can use any tool to convert this. What you would need is a python3 version of web.py, see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43791484/is-there-a-web-py-for-python3-yet . — Teemu Risikko, Jul 21 '17 at 06:24

score 25 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 01 '22 at 19:46

25

That import line won't work in Python 3 which moved BaseHTTPServer to http.server

In your specific case you should update web.py to the current version that works with Python 3.

edited Sep 01 '22 at 19:46

malajisi

2,165
1
22
18

answered Feb 06 '18 at 19:10

Nathan V

455
7
12

4

I get "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'http.server.HTTPServer'; 'http.server' is not a package" – Tilek Feb 15 '19 at 06:11
19

What worked is using http.server instead of BaseHTTPServer – Tilek Feb 15 '19 at 06:13

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'BaseHTTPServer'

1 Answers1