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Reputation: 427

pip list shows installed module but still getting import error

I am working with python flask's requests module. I have installed requests module using :

pip install requests

And verified that requests module exists when I run :

pip list

But when I run my python application , I receive import Error for requests module.

I noticed that pip is installing the module in C:\Users\xx\Documents\Projects\Python\Python3REST\lib\site-packages\ folder BUT the interpreter is looking for the module in C:\Users\xx\Documents\Projects\Python\Python3REST\lib\site-packages\flask\ folder.

I have tried running the command :

pip install --install-option="Path to install in" requests

But threw some other error.

The import error I am getting states :

ImportError: cannot import name 'requests' from 'flask'
(C:\Users\xx\Documents\Projects\Python\Python3REST\lib\site-packages\flask\__init__.py)

I am working in virtualenv in Windows 10.

Upvotes: 7

Views: 16376

Answers (4)

Cedric Keller
Cedric Keller

Reputation: 21

I had the same issue. Check that the folder that your code is in, is not named 'flask' or has some other conflicting name.

Upvotes: 1

zillBoy
zillBoy

Reputation: 191

I solved it using python3 -m pip install <package name>. In the OP's case, it should be python3 -m pip install requests.

Note that I'm using python 3.10.

Upvotes: 1

esantix
esantix

Reputation: 381

I recently had the same problem installing a self made package. I installed it with pip install <package> and checked it was actually installed with pip list but running the script with import <package> returned a ModuleNotFoundError: No module named <package>.

I solved the problem creating an empty file called __init__.py in the package directory.

Check https://pythontips.com/2013/07/28/what-is-init-py/ and https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/modules.html#packages for better understanding.

Upvotes: 13

Derek Eden
Derek Eden

Reputation: 4618

what if you add that folder to your path? using sys.path.extend?

Upvotes: 1

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