python - img = Image.open(fp) AttributeError: class Image has no attribute 'open'

Question

I want to put the pictures into a PDF file. My code follows...

import sys
import xlrd
from PIL import Image
import ImageEnhance
from reportlab.platypus import *
from reportlab.lib.styles import getSampleStyleSheet
from reportlab.rl_config import defaultPageSize
PAGE_HEIGHT=defaultPageSize[1]

styles = getSampleStyleSheet()

Title = "Integrating Diverse Data Sources with Gadfly 2"

Author = "Aaron Watters"

URL = "http://www.chordate.com/"

email = "[email protected]"

from reportlab.lib.units import inch

pageinfo = "%s / %s / %s" % (Author, email, Title)

def myFirstPage(canvas, doc):
    canvas.saveState()
    #canvas.setStrokeColorRGB(1,0,0)
    #canvas.setLineWidth(5)
    #canvas.line(66,72,66,PAGE_HEIGHT-72)
    canvas.setFont('Times-Bold',16)
    canvas.drawString(108, PAGE_HEIGHT-108, Title)
    canvas.setFont('Times-Roman',9)
    canvas.drawString(inch, 0.75 * inch, "First Page / %s" % pageinfo)
    canvas.restoreState()

def myLaterPages(canvas, doc):
    #canvas.drawImage("snkanim.gif", 36, 36)
    canvas.saveState()
    #canvas.setStrokeColorRGB(1,0,0)
    #canvas.setLineWidth(5)
    #canvas.line(66,72,66,PAGE_HEIGHT-72)
    canvas.setFont('Times-Roman',9)
    canvas.drawString(inch, 0.75 * inch, "Page %d %s" % (doc.page, pageinfo))
    canvas.restoreState()

def go():
    Elements.insert(0,Spacer(0,inch))
    doc = SimpleDocTemplate('ss.pdf')
    doc.build(Elements,onFirstPage=myFirstPage, onLaterPages=myLaterPages)

Elements = []

HeaderStyle = styles["Heading1"] # XXXX

def header(txt, style=HeaderStyle, klass=Paragraph, sep=0.3):
    s = Spacer(0.2*inch, sep*inch)
    Elements.append(s)
    para = klass(txt, style)
    Elements.append(para)

ParaStyle = styles["Normal"]

def p(txt):
    return header(txt, style=ParaStyle, sep=0.1)

def open_excel(file= 'exc.xls'):
    try:
        data = xlrd.open_workbook(file)
        return data
    except Exception,e:
        print str(e)

#pre = p # XXX

PreStyle = styles["Code"]

def pre(txt):
    s = Spacer(0.1*inch, 0.1*inch)
    Elements.append(s)
    p = Preformatted(txt, PreStyle)
    Elements.append(p)
p("""\
Relational databases manipulate and store persistent
table structures called relations, such as the following
three tables""")

fp = open("/pdf-ex/downloadwin7.png","rb")
img = Image.open(fp)
img.show()
# HACK
Elements.append(PageBreak())


go()

Tell us here you're stuck and give us the smallest amount of code that demonstrates the problem. — kindall
You can't ask for help by giving all that stuff, esp. all these uncommon modules! I have jept only PIL Image and the 2 statements of opening and showing an image and there's no problem. From my experience the error "class Image has no attribute 'open'" occurs when PIL Image is imported before other modules, e.g. Tkinter (there might be some conflicts). Try importing it at the end. — Apostolos

parselmouth parselmouth · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-25T05:40:25

You have a namespace conflict. One of your import statements is masking PIL.Image (which is a module, not a class) with some class named Image.

Instead of ...

from PIL import Image

try ...

import PIL.Image

then later in your code...

fp = open("/pdf-ex/downloadwin7.png","rb")
img = PIL.Image.open(fp)
img.show()

When working with a LOT of imports, beware of namespace conflicts. I'm generally very wary of from some_module import * statements.

Good luck with your project and happy coding.

python - img = Image.open(fp) AttributeError: class Image has no attribute 'open'

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