Python Webkit module no longer works in 17.10

[NoBugs!]

On previous versions of Ubuntu you could use the WebKit GTK3 controls, on Ubuntu 17.10 I have the newer gir1.2-webkit2-4.0 and this same command I used to import WebKit module fails:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Downloads$ python
Python 2.7.14 (default, Sep 23 2017, 22:06:14)
[GCC 7.2.0] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import gi
>>> from gi.repository import WebKit
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: cannot import name WebKit
>>>

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gir1.2-webkit2-4.0 2.18.0-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-15.16-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.385
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Oct 14 04:45:22 2017
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Beta amd64 (20171012)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: webkit2gtk
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[NoBugs! (luke32j)]

It appears you are supposed to import "WebKit2" now, but this has a different api...

webview.set_highlight_text_matches is not a function for example.

Any chance we could have both versions compiled in?

[dino99 (9d9)]

Tested that:

>>> from gi.repository import WebKit2
__main__:1: PyGIWarning: WebKit2 was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('WebKit2', '4.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.