Python Twitter：名称Twitter未定义

Question

I've installed the python twitter library of sixohsix ( https://github.com/sixohsix/twitter ) and tried to connect to Twitter, but it doesn't work. This is my code:

#!/usr/bin/env python

from twitter import *

OAUTH_TOKEN = '...'
OAUTH_SECRET = '...'
CONSUMER_KEY = '...'
CONSUMER_SECRET = '...'

t = twitter.Twitter(auth=OAuth(OAUTH_TOKEN, OAUTH_SECRET, CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET))

# Get your "home" timeline
t.statuses.home_timeline()

The error message I get is:

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "./twitter.py", line 3, in <module>
       from twitter import *
   File "/home/XXX/twitter.py", line 11, in <module>
       t = Twitter(auth=OAuth(OAUTH_TOKEN, OAUTH_SECRET, CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET))
NameError: name 'Twitter' is not defined

I don't know why this error occurs. I also tried

t = twitter.Twitter(...)

but it doesn't work either. I found some posts at stackOverflow, butt all solutions doesn't work.

Answer 1

From your traceback, I can see that your file is named twitter.py :

File "/home/XXX/twitter.py", line 11, in <module>

Because of this, the line from twitter import * is attempting to import the contents of your own script into itself, rather than the library named twitter , because the current directory generally has precedence over shared libraries.

Rename your own script to something that isn't identical to the library you're trying to use (eg my_twitter.py ), and things will work.