AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'HTTPSHandler'

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Hi all,

I am using the latest matplotlib.
How can I resolve the following problem ?

import matplotlib

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
   File "/data/home/nwagner/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 133, in <module>
     from matplotlib.rcsetup import (defaultParams,
   File "/data/home/nwagner/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/rcsetup.py", line 19, in <module>
     from matplotlib.colors import is_color_like
   File "/data/home/nwagner/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/colors.py", line 54, in <module>
     import matplotlib.cbook as cbook
   File "/data/home/nwagner/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/cbook.py", line 453, in <module>
     class ViewVCCachedServer(urllib2.HTTPSHandler):
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'HTTPSHandler'
  Thanks in advance
                                                Nils

2

Hi all,

I am using the latest matplotlib.
How can I resolve the following problem ?

import matplotlib

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/data/home/nwagner/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py", line 133, in <module>
    from matplotlib.rcsetup import (defaultParams,
  File "/data/home/nwagner/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/rcsetup.py", line 19, in <module>
    from matplotlib.colors import is_color_like
  File "/data/home/nwagner/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/colors.py", line 54, in <module>
    import matplotlib.cbook as cbook
  File "/data/home/nwagner/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/cbook.py", line 453, in <module>
    class ViewVCCachedServer(urllib2.HTTPSHandler):
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'HTTPSHandler'
Thanks in advance
                                               Nils

>>> dir (urllib2)

['AbstractBasicAuthHandler', 'AbstractDigestAuthHandler', 'AbstractHTTPHandler', 'BaseHandler', 'CacheFTPHandler', 'FTPHandler', 'FileHandler', 'GopherError', 'GopherHandler', 'HTTPBasicAuthHandler', 'HTTPCookieProcessor', 'HTTPDefaultErrorHandler', 'HTTPDigestAuthHandler', 'HTTPError', 'HTTPErrorProcessor', 'HTTPHandler', 'HTTPPasswordMgr', 'HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm', 'HTTPRedirectHandler', 'OpenerDirector', 'ProxyBasicAuthHandler', 'ProxyDigestAuthHandler', 'ProxyHandler', 'Request', 'StringIO', 'URLError', 'UnknownHandler', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', '__version__', '_cut_port_re', '_opener', '_parse_proxy', 'addinfourl', 'base64', 'bisect', 'build_opener', 'ftpwrapper', 'getproxies', 'hashlib', 'httplib', 'install_opener', 'localhost', 'mimetools', 'noheaders', 'os', 'parse_http_list', 'parse_keqv_list', 'posixpath', 'quote', 'random', 'randombytes', 're', 'request_host', 'socket', 'splitattr', 'splitgophertype', 'splithost', 'splitpasswd', 'splitport', 'splitquery', 'splittype', 'splituser', 'splitvalue', 'sys', 'time', 'unquote', 'unwrap', 'url2pathname', 'urlopen', 'urlparse']

urllib2.__version__

'2.5'

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On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:01:34 +0200 "Nils Wagner" <nwagner@...425...> wrote:

3

It looks like the changes I made to fetch sample data from github
instead of sourceforge are causing problems if python was not compiled
with SSL support. Comment out ViewVCCachedServer in cbook.py and I'll
figure something out.

···

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 4:06 AM, Nils Wagner <nwagner@...425...> wrote:

On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:01:34 +0200 > "Nils Wagner" <nwagner@...425...> wrote:

Hi all,

I am using the latest matplotlib.
How can I resolve the following problem ?

import matplotlib

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File
"/data/home/nwagner/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/__init__.py",
line 133, in <module>
from matplotlib.rcsetup import (defaultParams,
File
"/data/home/nwagner/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/rcsetup.py",
line 19, in <module>
from matplotlib.colors import is_color_like
File
"/data/home/nwagner/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/colors.py",
line 54, in <module>
import matplotlib.cbook as cbook
File
"/data/home/nwagner/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib/cbook.py",
line 453, in <module>
class ViewVCCachedServer(urllib2.HTTPSHandler):
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute
'HTTPSHandler'

Thanks in advance
Nils

>>> dir (urllib2)

['AbstractBasicAuthHandler', 'AbstractDigestAuthHandler',
'AbstractHTTPHandler', 'BaseHandler', 'CacheFTPHandler',
'FTPHandler', 'FileHandler', 'GopherError',
'GopherHandler', 'HTTPBasicAuthHandler',
'HTTPCookieProcessor', 'HTTPDefaultErrorHandler',
'HTTPDigestAuthHandler', 'HTTPError',
'HTTPErrorProcessor', 'HTTPHandler', 'HTTPPasswordMgr',
'HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm', 'HTTPRedirectHandler',
'OpenerDirector', 'ProxyBasicAuthHandler',
'ProxyDigestAuthHandler', 'ProxyHandler', 'Request',
'StringIO', 'URLError', 'UnknownHandler', '__builtins__',
'__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', '__version__',
'_cut_port_re', '_opener', '_parse_proxy', 'addinfourl',
'base64', 'bisect', 'build_opener', 'ftpwrapper',
'getproxies', 'hashlib', 'httplib', 'install_opener',
'localhost', 'mimetools', 'noheaders', 'os',
'parse_http_list', 'parse_keqv_list', 'posixpath',
'quote', 'random', 'randombytes', 're', 'request_host',
'socket', 'splitattr', 'splitgophertype', 'splithost',
'splitpasswd', 'splitport', 'splitquery', 'splittype',
'splituser', 'splitvalue', 'sys', 'time', 'unquote',
'unwrap', 'url2pathname', 'urlopen', 'urlparse']

urllib2.__version__

'2.5'