ImportError: No module named requests

Question

Whenever I try to import requests, I get an error saying No module Named requests.

import requests

The error I get:

File "ex2.py", line 1, in <module>
    import requests
ImportError: No module named requests

just to note, I only get the issue from within Spyder, but not the cmd prompt. — David Crook, Aug 14 '16 at 17:07
@DavidCrook Did you got the solution? I have the same issue with only my IDE. — Vicrobot, Jun 24 '18 at 17:14
I get the same result. pip3 reports "Requirement already satisfied:..." — Matt, Jul 08 '18 at 16:14
I solved it; but I can-not recall how I did it. My guess is that since I was using from Spyder; I was likely in a different environment than I thought I was in and needed to install requests into the environment spyder was using in the IDE. — David Crook, Jul 10 '18 at 16:04
For me, it turned out to be a conflict with multiple installations of python. For instance, on my mac, somehow I've acquired python AND python2.7 in /usr/bin, which do not symlink to the same installation. Though pip, apparently, is installing modules for python2.7. Thus, `python` is not seeing those modules. Using `python2.7`, everything is working. I suppose I need to clean up my environment a bit. — Sean Novak, Oct 19 '18 at 11:47

score 842 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 16 '21 at 16:32

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Requests is not a built in module (does not come with the default python installation), so you will have to install it:

OSX/Linux

Use $ pip install requests (or pip3 install requests for python3) if you have pip installed. If pip is installed but not in your path you can use python -m pip install requests (or python3 -m pip install requests for python3)

Alternatively you can also use sudo easy_install -U requests if you have easy_install installed.

Alternatively you can use your systems package manager:

For centos: yum install python-requests For Ubuntu: apt-get install python-requests

Windows

Use pip install requests (or pip3 install requests for python3) if you have pip installed and Pip.exe added to the Path Environment Variable. If pip is installed but not in your path you can use python -m pip install requests (or python3 -m pip install requests for python3)

Alternatively from a cmd prompt, use > Path\easy_install.exe requests, where Path is your Python*\Scripts folder, if it was installed. (For example: C:\Python32\Scripts)

If you manually want to add a library to a windows machine, you can download the compressed library, uncompress it, and then place it into the Lib\site-packages folder of your python path. (For example: C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages)

From Source (Universal)

For any missing library, the source is usually available at https://pypi.python.org/pypi/. You can download requests here: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/requests

On mac osx and windows, after downloading the source zip, uncompress it and from the termiminal/cmd run python setup.py install from the uncompressed dir.

(source)

edited Feb 16 '21 at 16:32

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answered Jun 25 '13 at 23:36

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If any of you have pip installed on Windows, "pip install requests" will work just fine. I'm guessing that "easy_install requests" will work on osx/linux as well, but pip is generally preferred. (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3220404/why-use-pip-over-easy-install) – Chris Aug 10 '13 at 14:25
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for centos: yum install python-requests – Erik Aronesty Dec 20 '13 at 18:47
I got this:`Wheel installs require setuptools >= 0.8 for dist-info support. pip's wheel support requires setuptools >= 0.8 for dist-info support.`, so frustrating. – CodeColorist Mar 03 '14 at 03:25
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On mac os x, if you have easy_install installed, you can also use: `sudo easy_install -U requests` – RobinCominotto Mar 16 '14 at 17:00
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Note for posterity: for `pip install requests` to work (on a Mac) you need to use `sudo` – David Oneill May 20 '14 at 13:40
shouldn't it be `> Path\easy_install.py requests` – cbunn Feb 03 '15 at 19:40
On Linux, why do you need sudo for the command to work? It wouldn't work for me until I used sudo but they say you're not supposed to use sudo and pip together. Thanks in advance for the explanation. – BourbonCreams Jul 19 '17 at 11:35
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@BourbonCreams depending on the privileges of the user you are currently logged in as, you may not have access to write in the system level directories, which get updated depending on what you install. As a result you use sudo to essentially give yourself root privileges to when executing the command, which ensures you have write access to system directories. – TheoretiCAL Jul 19 '17 at 18:02
In Java it is common practice to package dependencies with a project in a `Libraries` folder. Does Python have a similar practice? Or does each developer need to install Requests on their own machine? – Stevoisiak Oct 27 '17 at 16:52
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got it working on Mac OS X using: `sudo pip3 install requests` – herrera May 03 '18 at 21:52
Windows: Had to add dir with Pip.exe to Path Environment Variable. Then worked well. – Brent Oct 19 '18 at 12:54
`sudo apt install python-requests` will work on Kubuntu 18.04. – kavadias Oct 22 '18 at 10:47
i had to restart the terminal after installing requests. – dresh Mar 30 '19 at 05:30
`apt-get install python3-requests` for python3 – user3132194 Apr 21 '21 at 07:05

score 84 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 23 '18 at 14:23

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It's not obvious to me which version of Python you are using.

If it's Python 3, a solution would be sudo pip3 install requests

edited Nov 23 '18 at 14:23

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answered Nov 08 '16 at 23:00

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`sudo pip3 install requests` if you want it installed for all users on a machine, not just one user. – Adrian Feb 13 '18 at 15:46

score 72 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 02 '19 at 07:36

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To install requests module on Debian/Ubuntu for Python2:

$ sudo apt-get install python-requests

And for Python3 the command is:

$ sudo apt-get install python3-requests

edited Apr 02 '19 at 07:36

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answered Jul 22 '16 at 18:42

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dee cue · Answer 4 · 2018-12-30T04:07:22.173

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This may be a liittle bit too late but this command can be run even when pip path is not set. I am using Python 3.7 running on Windows 10 and this is the command

py -m pip install requests

and you can also replace 'requests' with any other uninstalled library

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answered Nov 08 '18 at 13:47

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score 25 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 17 '15 at 10:23

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If you are using Ubuntu, there is need to install requests

run this command:

pip install requests

if you face permission denied error, use sudo before command:

sudo pip install requests

answered Apr 17 '15 at 10:23

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I am on Mint and am getting the same error even though it is installed. – DarthOpto Sep 07 '16 at 14:48

ymutlu · Answer 6 · 2020-09-16T17:41:34.533

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Brew users can use reference below,

command to install requests:

python3 -m pip install requests

Homebrew and Python

pip is the package installer for Python and you need the package requests.

edited Sep 16 '20 at 17:41

answered Aug 28 '19 at 14:14

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Would you care to add a brief explanation (here) of *why* this works? – Thruston Jan 03 '20 at 14:01
Added extra comment for `pip` info. – ymutlu Jan 04 '20 at 19:09

score 18 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 07 '18 at 01:07

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On OSX, the command will depend on the flavour of python installation you have.

Python 2.x - Default

sudo pip install requests

Python 3.x

sudo pip3 install requests

answered Jan 07 '18 at 01:07

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I didn't noticed difference, but it does matter. I have installed **python 3.7** version, and requests using **pip** and it couldn't find it. When I installed via **pip3** it works now. – shjeff Aug 24 '18 at 14:07
Tried 'sudo pip3 install requests' and it seeed to download, but then when running the file with requests in it, got the typical "ImportError: No module named requests". So frustrating. – John Pitts Mar 14 '20 at 14:17

score 15 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 13 '16 at 01:47

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In my case requests was already installed, but needed an upgrade. The following command did the trick

$ sudo pip install requests --upgrade

answered Dec 13 '16 at 01:47

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score 13 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 03 '17 at 03:43

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On Windows Open Command Line

pip3 install requests

answered Apr 03 '17 at 03:43

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score 12 · Answer 10 · answered Jul 20 '14 at 02:50

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I had the same issue, so I copied the folder named "requests" from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/requests#downloads requests download to "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages". Now when you use: import requests, it should work fine.

answered Jul 20 '14 at 02:50

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Now I've got `No module named urllib3` :) – Pavel Alexeev Oct 14 '18 at 15:38
@PavelAlexeev try executing this command before "pip install urllib3" – Karthik Vg Apr 27 '19 at 05:33

score 11 · Answer 11 · edited Jun 22 '20 at 02:31

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In the terminal/command-line:

pip install requests

then use it inside your Python script by:

import requests

or else if you want to use pycharm IDE to install a package:

go to setting from File in menu
next go to Python interpreter
click on pip
search for requests package and install it

edited Jun 22 '20 at 02:31

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The OP never said anything about pycharm, 99% of users don't use pycharm, and it is totaly unnecessary to use pycharm to install a package, that's a one-line command-line task. Shouldn't even mention pycharm here. – smci Jun 22 '20 at 02:30
Yes, 99% of Python users don't use pycharm. Like I said. Ok maybe 'only' 85% don't use it, even if we take JetBrains own numbers. I've personally never seen JetBrains used for Python development inside an org, and only ever heard of it being used in Java-dominated shops. The point again is that the OP never asked for an IDE-specific solution. – smci Jul 14 '20 at 10:05
Please prove your point with the document 99%!!! or 85%!!! @smci – mamal Jul 14 '20 at 10:10
I already told you above what numbers prove that: JetBrains' own numbers(!!!). Even allowing that JetBrains understate the many developers who don't use an IDE, but use vi/emacs. – smci Jul 14 '20 at 10:15
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lovely answer! for someone who coded in java for 15 years and loves JetBrain tools, pycharm is the first option. This helped me, thx a lot. – Eugene Dec 08 '20 at 02:26

score 7 · Answer 12 · answered Jan 27 '16 at 18:57

Adding Third-party Packages to the Application

Follow this link https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/python/tools/libraries27?hl=en#vendoring

step1 : Have a file by named a file named appengine_config.py in the root of your project, then add these lines:

from google.appengine.ext import vendor

Add any libraries installed in the "lib" folder.

vendor.add('lib')

Step 2: create a directory and name it "lib" under root directory of project.

step 3: use pip install -t lib requests

step 4 : deploy to app engine.

This was actually what I was looking for. The above steps alone didn't work for AppEngine :) — Gopherkhan, Sep 13 '16 at 22:40

score 7 · Answer 13 · answered Apr 21 '18 at 11:21

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Try sudo apt-get install python-requests.

This worked for me.

answered Apr 21 '18 at 11:21

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score 6 · Answer 14 · edited Mar 06 '15 at 09:38

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For windows just give path as cd and path to the "Scripts" of python and then execute the command easy_install.exe requests.Then try import requests...

edited Mar 06 '15 at 09:38

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answered Mar 06 '15 at 09:32

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score 6 · Answer 15 · answered Aug 11 '18 at 14:03

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The only thing that worked for me:

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
python get-pip.py
pip install requests

answered Aug 11 '18 at 14:03

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score 4 · Answer 16 · answered Aug 30 '17 at 15:39

I have had this issue a couple times in the past few months. I haven't seen a good solution for fedora systems posted, so here's yet another solution. I'm using RHEL7, and I discovered the following:

If you have urllib3 installed via pip, and requests installed via yum you will have issues, even if you have the correct packages installed. The same will apply if you have urllib3 installed via yum, and requests installed via pip. Here's what I did to fix the issue:

sudo pip uninstall requests
sudo pip uninstall urllib3
sudo yum remove python-urllib3
sudo yum remove python-requests

(confirm that all those libraries have been removed)

sudo yum install python-urllib3
sudo yum install python-requests

Just be aware that this will only work for systems that are running Fedora, Redhat, or CentOS.

Sources:
This very question (in the comments to this answer).
This github issue.

Gave that a try on oracle linux (basically RHEL) but didn't work. Posting so others can know about this result. Thanks though~ — interestedparty333, Jan 19 '18 at 20:30
@ragerdl Your issue may not specifically be with requests or urllib3. It could be with other python packages. It just depends on what you are trying to run. — ajsmart, Jan 20 '18 at 16:07
Indeed, I had two bad pythons in my path and an alias to a bad python too. Getting rid of those three python pointers resolved my issue. :) — interestedparty333, Jan 20 '18 at 23:17

score 4 · Answer 17 · answered Jul 12 '18 at 08:26

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If you are using anaconda as your python package manager, execute the following:

conda install -c anaconda requests

Installing requests through pip didn't help me.

answered Jul 12 '18 at 08:26

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I needed requests_ntlm, so had to run "conda config --add channels conda-forge" then "conda install -c anaconda requests_ntlm" – Zunair May 31 '19 at 19:30

score 4 · Answer 18 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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Python Common installation issues

These commands are also useful if Homebrew screws up your path on macOS.

python -m pip install requests

or

python3 -m pip install requests

Multiple versions of Python installed in parallel?

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Feb 07 '20 at 00:49

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score 3 · Answer 19 · answered Jul 04 '17 at 02:28

I have installed python2.7 and python3.6

Open Command Line to ~/.bash_profile I find that #Setting PATH for Python 3.6 , So I change the path to PATH="/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.13/bin:${PATH}" , (please make sure your python2.7's path) ,then save. It works for me.

score 3 · Answer 20 · edited May 12 '18 at 12:08

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if you want request import on windows:

pip install request

then beautifulsoup4 for:

pip3 install beautifulsoup4

edited May 12 '18 at 12:08

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answered May 12 '18 at 11:05

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I think what you mean is "requests" not "request". There is no library named "request" – Ethan Jul 16 '20 at 12:39

score 2 · Answer 21 · answered Dec 13 '17 at 23:41

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I solved this problem.You can try this method. In this file '.bash_profile', Add codes like alias python=/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python2.7

answered Dec 13 '17 at 23:41

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score 2 · Answer 22 · edited Jun 14 '19 at 14:57

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You must make sure your requests module is not being installed in a more recent version of python.

When using python 3.7, run your python file like:

python3 myfile.py

or enter python interactive mode with:

python3

Yes, this works for me. Run your file like this: python3 file.py

edited Jun 14 '19 at 14:57

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answered Mar 21 '19 at 03:59

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score 1 · Answer 23 · answered Mar 29 '18 at 23:46

My answer is basically the same as @pi-k. In my case my program worked locally but failed to build on QA servers. (I suspect devops had older versions of the package blocked and my version must have been too out-of-date) I just decided to upgrade everything

$ pip install pip-review
$ pip-review --local --interactive

score 1 · Answer 24 · answered Mar 16 '20 at 20:41

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In my case it was showing request Requirement already satisfied . so I use.

sudo pip3 install requests

answered Mar 16 '20 at 20:41

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score 0 · Answer 25 · answered Jan 28 '19 at 09:34

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If you are using anaconda step 1: where python step 2: open anaconda prompt in administrator mode step 3: cd <python path> step 4: install the package in this location

answered Jan 28 '19 at 09:34

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score 0 · Answer 26 · answered Apr 04 '21 at 11:53

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You juste need use command python3 instead python

answered Apr 04 '21 at 11:53

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score 0 · Answer 27 · answered May 28 '21 at 08:19

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Facing the same issue but unable to fix it with the above solution, so I tried this way and it worked:-

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py --output get-pip.py
sudo python2 get-pip.py
python -m pip install requests

answered May 28 '21 at 08:19

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