I\'ve seen many similar errors, but I can\'t see a solution that applies to my particular problem.
I\'m trying to use the Akismet module which is on my PYTHONPATH, then
It will work perfectly if your PYTHONPATH is set correctly and globally (just tested it myself).
I just want to draw more attention to Doppelganger's own answer to his question. I had this error, and the situation is this:
You're trying to import function/class X from a module called say 'strategy.py'.
Unfortunately you've also created a python package directory called strategy, in other words you've got a directory called 'strategy', with at least a single file in directory 'strategy' called '____init___.py'.
root folder\
strategy.py (contains function/class called X)
strategy\
__init__.py
You then forget about the fact that you've created the python package directory, and try to import some class or function defined in file strategy.py
in the 'root' directory, like so
from strategy import X
What you then get is the Python error: ImportError: cannot import name X
error.
The actual problem, as Doppelganger notes, is that the python interpretor gives precedence to the package directory that you've created, and searches for a FILE/MODULE named X in the package directory, and ignores the actual module strategy.py
, and function/class X therein that you're actually looking for.
This is exactly what you'd expect and want if you read the documentation on python packages, but if you change your mind halfway along like I did, you may end up scratching your head.
I always forget that ipython imports the modules when you use run
command inside the ipython interpreter. It won't re-import any modules that you change, so any new variables or functions won't be found. This is a known issue with ipython.
Conclusion: Avoid using run
as it won't reload your modules.
You should have the directory containing the 'akismet' directory in your path. I guess, you have added the 'akismet' directory itself to $PYTHONPATH.
When you write:
from akismet import Akismet
Python tries to open file akismet/Akismet.py
somewhere in its search path.
All this assuming Akismet
is a file and akismet
is a directory. If there is an akismet.py
file, then the directory containing this file should be listed in $PYTHONPATH
.
Check if your PYTHONPATH is really what you expect it to be, e.g. by doing this in an interactive console:
In [1]: import sys
In [2]: print sys.path
is akismet.py really in one of those folders?
Simple:
Now run your application and you should be good to go.