No module named 'requests'

You are missing requests package in your Python environment!

You got error message about missing Python package. The error happens when you try to import Python module requests. The Python complains that requests module can't be importend because its path is not present in your current Python path.

When using Python srcipt in your terminal your output with error message might look like this:

computer:~$

python -c "import requests"

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'requests'

Are you using Python notebook? Then your code cell with error message looks similar to:

import requests
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ModuleNotFoundError Traceback (most recent call last) 
Cell In[1], line 1
----> 1 import requests

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'requests'

3 ways to fix - No module named requests

Don't worry. We will fix the issue. You need to install missing package. We will show you 3 ways of how it can be fixed:

  • - install requests using pip
  • - install requests using conda
  • - automatic install of requests in MLJAR Studio

Why there are three ways to fix this issue? It all depends on which package manager are you using. The most common package manager is pip. The common choice, especially in Windows environments, is conda manager. There are also other Python package managers, for example Poetry, but we don't cover them in this article.

The last way to fix issue, is to use MLJAR Studio. It is a notebook based programming environment that can automatically detect missing Python packages and install them.

How to check if package manager is pip or conda

Are you not sure what package manager are you using? Please try the following command and if you goet the conda version displayed it means that you are using conda package manager:

computer:~$

conda --version

conda 23.11.0
If conda is missing in your environment you will get output similar to:
computer:~$

conda --version

Command 'conda' not found

Please try the below code cell if you are in Python notebook. If you get no error then you are using conda otherwise please use pip for installing new packages.

import sys
!conda list --prefix {sys.prefix}

Install requests with pip

Please run the following command to install requests with pip:

pip install requests

If you are using virtual environment, please make sure that it is activated.

For Python notebook users, please use the following command:

import sys
!{sys.executable} -m pip install requests

This will ensure that a new package is installed in Python from currently used notebook kernel. You will be able to import requests package in your notebook.

It is worth to check the PyPi website of requests. You can check there what is the current version and history of releases.

Install requests with conda

The requests package can be installed with the command:

conda install -c conda-forge requests

If you are in Python notebook, please use the following code:

import sys
!conda install --yes --prefix {sys.prefix} -c conda-forge {entry.installName}

The above code cell ensures you that requests is installed in the correct environment and will be accessable in your current notebook. Please check requests conda-forge website to check latest version number and history of releases.

Automatic install of requests in MLJAR Studio

MLJAR Studio is a notebook based programming environment. It offers a set of interactive Python code recipes to make coding super easy.

Each code recipe has information about required packages. If code recipe depends on requests and it is not available in Python environment then you will get the below information.

Install packages

Please install below packages to use this code recipe.

requests >= 2.31.0

Please wait a while for requests package installation after clicking Install package button. You will see below message:

Install packages

Please install below packages to use this code recipe.

Please wait, package installation ...

After successful installation you will get information that package is available and you can use code recipe.

Required packages

requests >= 2.31.0

You can focus on coding rather than fighting your python environment thanks to automatic package management.

What is requests?

The requests library is a widely-used Python package for making HTTP requests, allowing developers to easily interact with web services and APIs. It simplifies sending GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, and other HTTP methods without needing to manage complex low-level details. With requests, you can send data, handle authentication, work with JSON, and manage responses from web servers in a straightforward way. It’s highly user-friendly and eliminates much of the boilerplate code typically needed for HTTP interactions. The library is essential for web scraping, API consumption, and automating web-based tasks in Python.

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