Can't import bs4 in python

Rohit Mahale

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Oct 3, 2019, 4:48:48 PM10/3/19

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I am trying to import the bs4 from python 3.7.4 by ' from bs4 import beautifulsoup4' but it is showing error as,

File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>

File "C:\Python\lib\site-packages\bs4\__init__.py", line 53

'You are trying to run the Python 2 version of Beautiful Soup under Python 3. This will not work.'<>'You need to convert the code, either by installing it (`python setup.py install`) or by running 2to3 (`2to3 -w bs4`).'

But, I have the latest version of beautifulsoup4 still, it is showing this error what shall I do.

Thanks.

Oliver Saunders

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Oct 3, 2019, 5:01:08 PM10/3/19

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Did you install using a download? Looks like yoube got the python2 version. If so try installing it using 'pip install beatifulsoup4' you may need to uninstall first

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Rohit Mahale

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Oct 3, 2019, 5:04:34 PM10/3/19

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No actually I have python 3.7.4 as I have mentioned.

Malik Rumi

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Oct 3, 2019, 6:02:39 PM10/3/19

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Rohit:

You don't understand. Having Python 3 has nothing to do with what version of beautiful soup you have. You need the version of bs4 that works on Python 3. Please follow Oliver's suggestion.

“None of you has faith until he loves for his brother or his neighbor what he loves for himself.”

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facelessuser

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Oct 3, 2019, 6:03:33 PM10/3/19

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The comment wasn't about your Python version, but the version of Beautiful Soup you installed.

The author currently has all the source as Python 2 code. When he releases it, he releases a Python 2 package, and converts the code to be compatible for Python 3 and releases that for Python 3.

So, if you download the source and try to install it on Python 3, it will not be compatible.

Daniel

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Oct 5, 2019, 5:55:35 AM10/5/19

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I get Requirement Already Satisfied: beautifulsoup4 in my appdata/local/...python37 but still get modulenotfounderror before and after uninstall/reinstall.

On Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 3:02:39 PM UTC-7, Malik Rumi wrote:

Rohit:

You don't understand. Having Python 3 has nothing to do with what version of beautiful soup you have. You need the version of bs4 that works on Python 3. Please follow Oliver's suggestion.

“None of you has faith until he loves for his brother or his neighbor what he loves for himself.”

On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 4:04 PM Rohit Mahale <rohit...@aitglobalinc.com> wrote:

No actually I have python 3.7.4 as I have mentioned.

On Friday, October 4, 2019 at 2:18:48 AM UTC+5:30, Rohit Mahale wrote:
I am trying to import the bs4 from python 3.7.4 by ' from bs4 import beautifulsoup4' but it is showing error as,

File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:\Python\lib\site-packages\bs4\__init__.py", line 53
'You are trying to run the Python 2 version of Beautiful Soup under Python 3. This will not work.'<>'You need to convert the code, either by installing it (`python setup.py install`) or by running 2to3 (`2to3 -w bs4`).'

But, I have the latest version of beautifulsoup4 still, it is showing this error what shall I do.

Thanks.

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FMAPR .

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Oct 5, 2019, 7:28:43 AM10/5/19

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Before I started studying engineering I always heard that one of the engineer most powerful tools was to turn down a device and then turning it back up... (This is a metaphor ok?)

It seems that your problem is what everyone is saying, I just suggest that you uninstall bs4, find how to install a version of bs4 that is compatible with your python version for sure, and install it.

Regards,

Filipe Pinto Reis

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Daniel

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Oct 5, 2019, 12:35:47 PM10/5/19

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Ok i think it's fixed now. I knew something was up because I could run my python file in vscode by right clicking the file in the explorer and pressing run python file in terminal, but I couldn't actually run in by typing in the terminal. I had a 32 bit python and a 64 bit python in my Appdata/Local/Programs/Python and since Deleting the 32 bit version from there I can run my bs4 script from the terminal.

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