Errors when pip install websocket-client on OSX

Question

I can successfully connect my websockets client to a websockets server, but when I try to send it some message, it gives me this error:

error =  'NoneType' object has no attribute 'connected'

It appears that I need to be using websockets-client instead of just websockets, so I try pip installing it and get lots of errors. How do I resolve these errors so I can use websockets-client on python?

$ pip uninstall websocket
Skipping websocket as it is not installed.
$ pip install websocket-client
Requirement already satisfied: websocket-client in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages (0.44.0)
Requirement already satisfied: six in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages (from websocket-client) (1.10.0)
pyobjc-framework-mapkit 3.1.1 requires pyobjc-framework-CoreLocation>=3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc-framework-syncservices 3.1.1 requires pyobjc-framework-CoreData>=3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-Accounts==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-AddressBook==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-AppleScriptKit==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-AppleScriptObjC==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-ApplicationServices==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-Automator==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-AVFoundation==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-AVKit==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-CalendarStore==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-CFNetwork==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-CloudKit==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-Collaboration==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-Contacts==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-ContactsUI==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-CoreBluetooth==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-CoreData==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-CoreLocation==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-CoreText==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-CoreWLAN==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-CryptoTokenKit==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-DictionaryServices==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-DiskArbitration==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-EventKit==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-ExceptionHandling==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-FinderSync==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-FSEvents==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-GameCenter==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-GameController==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-ImageCaptureCore==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-IMServicePlugIn==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-InputMethodKit==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-InstallerPlugins==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-InstantMessage==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-LatentSemanticMapping==3.1.1, which is not installed.
pyobjc 3.1.1 requires pyobjc_framework-LaunchServices==3.1.1, which is not installed.
mitmproxy 0.18.3 has requirement requests<2.12,>=2.9.1, but you'll have requests 2.18.4 which is incompatible.
viper 0.0.1 has requirement ethereum==2.0.4, but you'll have ethereum 1.6.1 which is incompatible.

Answer 1

pip should be able to resolve your missing dependencies for you, but the two errors that you encountered are on the last two lines. Namely, you have incompatible version requirements for requests and ethereum . You could trying changing the versions of those packages, but it could end up breaking other applications on your system.

I recommend using a Python virtual environment in this case, which will ensure that your program's dependencies do not introduce dependency incompatibilities with other programs on the system.

A nice reference guide for managing packages with a virtual environment is located here: http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/