try: import xmlrpclib as xmlrpc_client # py2.x except ImportError: from xmlrpc import client as xmlrpc_client # py3.x try: import httplib as http_client # py2.x except ImportError: from http import client as http_client #py3.x import types try: dict_type = types.DictType # py2.x except AttributeError: dict_type = dict # py3.x try: from ConfigParser import ConfigParser # py2.x except ImportError: from configparser import ConfigParser # py3.x try: unicode('test') except NameError: def unicode(s): return s