NameError: global name 'HTTPError' is not defined

Question

I have a command in a try clause which I know throws an exception. I\'m trying to catch it in an \"except\" clause, but the except clause seems to not recognize the existen

Answer 1

@Emily's solution is fine, but there's another way to solve this problem without importing that class.

You just need to give the full name space of the exception class you want to catch:

except urllib2.HTTPError:

This way you need fewer import clauses in your code, and it's easier for you to tell afterwards which module raised the exception.