import url lib error

[ngrison]

Hi,

I am trying to use the python modules urllib and urllib2 in my scripts. No problem when running on 8.3.3 on OS X, they import fine and can be used, but on Windows 7 64 bits I get the following error:

ImportError
no module named _socket
File:/path/to/file
import urllib

Has anyone seen this before? Does the python version included in SecureCRT 8.3.3 on windows not include the socket module? Thank you.

[bgagnon]

Hi ngrison,

Correct, SecureCRT does not have native support for the _socket Python module on Windows as discussed in many other posts in the forums:

https://forums.vandyke.com/showthread.php?t=12554
https://forums.vandyke.com/showthread.php?t=12542
https://forums.vandyke.com/showthread.php?t=12410

I have added this thread to a feature request in our product enhancement database to add native support for _socket Python module on Windows. Should a future release of SecureCRT include this feature, notification will be posted here.

If you prefer direct email notification, send an email to support@vandyke.com and include "Feature Request - Forum Thread #13127" in the subject line or use this form from the support page of our website.

[bgagnon]

Hi all,

I wanted to let you know the __socket module should be available as of SecureCRT v9.0, currently in beta 1 release, since this support was added:

Changes in SecureCRT 9.0 (Beta 1) -- September 24, 2020
-------------------------------------------------------
New Features:

• Windows: Added support for Python 3. Python 3.8(available at python.org) must be installed and the script's first line must be: # $language = "python3". Since support for Python 3 is provided through an external module, Python 3 libraries can be used in SecureCRT scripts.

Note that this is Windows only support at this time. In fact, we released beta 1 installers *only* for Windows. We hope to include all platforms in later releases.