can't install http module

[Tony van der Hoff]

On 07/11/2019 19:39, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 6:34 AM Tony van der Hoff <lists at vanderhoff.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 07/11/2019 19:00, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 5:47 AM tony van der Hoff <lists at vanderhoff.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I'm attempting to install (among other things) the "http" module on my
>>>> debian10 box, and am encountering the following problem:
>>>>
>>>
>>> Can you link to the documentation for the package you're trying to
>>> install? Python already ships with a module called "http". You don't
>>> need to install it.
>>>
>> Thanks Chris, but it doesn't seem to be installed here, but maybe I'm
>> doing something stupid:
>>
>> #!/usr/bin/env python
>> # -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
>>
> 
> Ah. I wouldn't call this "something stupid", because this is a bit of
> a gotcha, but there is a small problem here. In your original post,
> you attempted to install using "python3 -m pip", but here your shebang
> just says "python", so you're running it in Python 2.7. Replace the
> shebang with "python3" (and then drop the coding cookie - Python 3
> assumes UTF-8 by default) and you should be able to run your code. (At
> least the import lines you posted. No idea about anything else.)
> 
> ChrisA
> 

Excellent catch, Chris. Thank you so much. I changed the version while 
tracking down another problem, and forgot to restore it.
It should have been obvious, but somehow it escaped me.

Thanks again, Tony.