SyntaxError:Invalid Syntax on python import JWT

Question

I am trying to import the package JWT into Python 2.7 and I am getting a SyntaxError: invalid syntax. What can I do to fix this?

Possible duplicate of [What does -> mean in Python function definitions?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14379753/what-does-mean-in-python-function-definitions) — vaultah, May 05 '17 at 17:37
@vaultah I don't see how that directly answers the problem with an import statement. — Big_Ozzy, May 05 '17 at 17:45
@user2357112 Thanks that was the problem, needed to install Pyjwt package to get it work thank you. — Big_Ozzy, May 05 '17 at 17:49

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered May 05 '17 at 17:51

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I was trying install jwt for Python 3 when I needed the package Pyjwt for Python 2.7

answered May 05 '17 at 17:51

Big_Ozzy

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered May 16 '18 at 00:04

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The logical thing to install jwt on Python 2 is:

pip install jwt

Which lead to the error.

The correct install which worked on my side is:

pip install PyJWT

and it worked.

answered May 16 '18 at 00:04

Julian Wise

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