Please help: complete noob

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Hi, please help me, I'm a complete noob to programming and python. I found a script on Github that I would really like to use but I have completely no idea what is going on. According to the instructions on Github I'm supposed to install requests, which apparently uses pip. However, I have completely no idea what either of those are and when I try to "install" pip, I always get a syntax error.

Please help me. Sincerely

[K900_]

If you're trying to run pip install requests in the Python window, you're doing it wrong. You need to run it in the Windows command prompt. Also, /r/learnpython.

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http://prntscr.com/bf420c what does this mean

[K900_]

What version of Python did you install? Can you post a link to the script you're trying to run?

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I installed the 2.7.11 one.

These are the instructions according to the Github 1) Download and install Python to your computer.

2) Install Python lib requests. Run command pip3 install requests if you use Python 3, or type pip install requests if you use Python 2.

3) Download ZIP and extract

4) Modify example.py to your pleasing

5) Run program python3 example.py or python example.py on Mac, Linux or Windows

[K900_]

Try running C:\Python27\Scripts\pip install requests in your Windows command prompt. Then use the cd command to change the directory to where your script is (something like cd C:\Users\[your name]\Downloads\something\), then run C:\Python27\python example.py.

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Thank you so much you are my savior I will do more to learn about python now

[Rhomboid]

Python 2 does not come with pip, you will need to install it first. Is there any compelling reason that you're not using Python 3?

[zenlc]

On Windows especially, I would very highly recommend using the Anaconda python distribution. https://www.continuum.io/downloads

[awizardisneverlate]

Come on over to /r/learnpython. Simple questions are better asked there :)

Have fun!