Error when "import requests" - "No module named requests"

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N00b Altert.

So I tried to call "import requests" through Python and got the error:

>>> import requests
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named requests

I do not think I have pip installed correctly or at all?

easy_install requests returns: The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the installation directory:

[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/test-easy-install-6488.pth'

The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or the distutils default setting) was:

/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated... I have seen the other posts with users mentioning the same but it doesn't seem to help.

What OS are you running? Are you sure pip isn't installed? If you're on *nix, try just running sudo pip install requests — James
– James, Commented Aug 8, 2016 at 18:38
You seem to be running OS X. Have you tried brew install pip, then pip install requests? — Sean Pianka
– Sean Pianka, Commented Aug 8, 2016 at 18:39
Mac OS Capitan. @SeanPianka ran brew install pip response: Error: No available formula with the name "pip" Homebrew provides pip via: brew install python. However you will then have two Pythons installed on your Mac, so alternatively you can install pip via the instructions at: https://pip.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installing/ — jTank
– jTank, Commented Aug 8, 2016 at 19:24

hd1 · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-08 20:48:48Z

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According to the requests website installation page:

Checkout the git repository
execute /path/to/virtualenv/bin/python requests/setup.py install

As a third step, if you have problems doing this, please come back and leave a comment, such that I may help you further.

Your problem is a permissions problem. The solution I'd recommend is to pip install virtualenv and create a new environment for your project, installing requests in that environment.

To install pip, do a curl -kO https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py and run it as python get-pip.py then install virtualenv as in the above paragraph.

edited Aug 8, 2016 at 20:48

answered Aug 8, 2016 at 18:44

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James Over a year ago

This is a good platform independent solution (+1), but just as a note, for new programmers getting Pip up is usually a much easier and faster solution.

hd1 Over a year ago

.... and also requires installation of pip. For most libraries, running setup.py directly works. But, your point is a good one.

hd1 Over a year ago

Please see here for pip installation information, I've edited my answer with the tl;dr of it.

jTank Over a year ago

Solved, and installed requests. sudo python get-pip.py then executed sudo pip install requests Thanks!

pundit · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-18 14:37:58Z

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Guide your cursor to the command (Donot press space) You will see a red bulb.There will be an option to install requests. Click it and done. This worked for me on Pycharm. Installing it through pip didnot help me.

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