Python PIL NameError global name Image is not defined

python, python-imaging-library, python-requests

Solution

You need to explicitly import the Image module:

>>> from PIL import *
>>> Image
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'Image' is not defined
>>> import PIL.Image
>>> Image
<module 'Image' from 'c:\Python27\lib\site-packages\PIL\Image.pyc'>
>>>

Or just

>>> import Image

Problem

I installed PIL 1.1.7 using the executable for Python 2.7. But when I run this code : ``` import requests from PIL import * def main() : target = "http://target/image.php" #returns binary data for a PNG. cookies = {"mycookie1", "mycookie2"} r = requests.get(target, cookies=cookies) im = Image.open(r.content) #r.content contains binary data for the PNG. print im if __name__ == "__main__" : main() ``` It gives the error : ``` Traceback (most recent call last): File "D:\Programming\Python\code\eg_cc1.py", line 17, in <module> main() File "D:\Programming\Python\code\eg_cc1.py", line 13, in main im = Image.open(r.content) NameError: global name 'Image' is not defined ``` I installed PIL in `Lib\site-packages`.

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