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murtr
murtr

Reputation: 61

How to use imports from requirements.txt in python

I am attempting to use a python file in a basic web application. I have my two requirements (docx and xlrd) in my requirements.txt file, but when the python file tries to import either of the requirements, it cannot find the module. I am currently working on Repl.it. Pictures are attached.

I have tried to import only in either location, but I either fail to import the necessary packages, or I cannot refer to functions from the necessary file.

Requirements.txt - 

xlrd==1.2.0  
docx==0.2.4  
other

script.py - 

import docx  
from docx.enum.table import WD_ALIGN_VERTICAL  
import xlrd

error -
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  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 978, in _gcd_import  
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 961, in _find_and_load  
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 950, in _find_and_load_unlocked  
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 655, in _load_unlocked  
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 678, in exec_module  
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 205, in  _call_with_frames_removed  
  File "/home/runner/main/urls.py", line 5, in <module>  
from main import views  
  File "/home/runner/main/views.py", line 3, in <module>  
from excelToDocx import transfer  
  File "/home/runner/excelToDocx.py", line 1, in <module>  
import xlrd  
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'xlrd'  
exit status 1

Upvotes: 6

Views: 13020

Answers (1)

Ethan Brouwer
Ethan Brouwer

Reputation: 1005

You need to install the packages using the command pip install -r requirements.txt. If they aren't installed, it isn't going to find them.

The requirements.txt file is simply a way to tell users of your package what requirements there are for your program, and then let them install all of them easily through PyPi using the pip program. It doesn't actually tell python to install them for you.

Upvotes: 9

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