Python 'module' object is not callable

Question

Problem:

I have a python project located at

C:\Users\ASUS\Documents\OPO\aoi.py

But when I try to run this project:

C:\Users\ASUS\Documents\OPO\aoi.py, line 55, in __init__
    self.serv = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM)
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable

Why am I getting this type of error message. Can anyone explain me this thing.

Answer 1

The error you are getting because:

“TypeError: 'module' object is not callable” occurs when the python compiler gets confused between function name and module name and try to run a module name as a function. In the above example, we have imported the module “os” and then try to run the same “os” module name as a function

What to do:

socket is a module, containing the class socket.

You need to do socket.socket(...) or 
from socket import socket:

import socket
socket
<module 'socket' from 'C:\Python27\lib\socket.pyc'>
socket.socket
<class 'socket._socketobject'>

from socket import socket
socket
<class 'socket._socketobject'>

Hope you understand this if you still do not understand fell free to ask anything you want to know about this problem.

Happy coding.