ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'telegram.ext'; 'telegram' is not a package

Question

I tried:

• pip install python-telegram-bot
• pip3 install python-telegram-bot
• pip install telegram
• pip3 install telegram

But the error keeps showing up telling me there is no such package of 'telegram.ext' offered by python-telegram-bot. However, my text editor with python plugin is able to find the package telegram.ext in my environment. I also tried using command prompt dirtectly on that virtual environment I created, still doesn't work. Seems that this same issue is faced by other posts on internet without any resolve.

my text editor plugin can find the package

Answer 1

your file is called telegarm.py well, at least mine was.

rename your python file to something like telegram-bot.py and it should work fine.

Answer 2

pip3/pip uninstall python-telegram-bot
pip3/pip uninstall telegram
pip3/pil install python-telegram-bot==13.14

This method solved my problem

Answer 3

If Python API for the tdlib library is being used then, as per Tutorial https://python-telegram.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tutorial.html Install the library:

python3 -m pip install python-telegram

(or simply python instead of python3 for some environments)

Answer 4

Do 1-2 via terminal and 4 on your IDE:

1. Install pip install telegram
2. Install pip install python-telegram-bot
3. If you are using a virtual environment, make sure it is activated
4. Lastly, import from telegram.ext import

Answer 5

I just realized the error was because there was another file named 'telegram.py' in the same directory causing the package import problem. Sorry for this silly mistake. Thank you and I will close the case.

Answer 6

It seems both packages python-telegram-bot and telegram uses the same namespace "telegram". This can cause conflicts, so you should remove one of them.

This uninstalls the telegram package

pip uninstall telegram

Note: use pip3 if on Linux or Mac