Error while installing Scrapy: path not specified

Question

I recently found out that scrapy is a great library for scraping so i tried to install scrapy on my machine, but when i tried to do pip install scrapy it instal

Answer 1

Scrapy docs now recommend using Conda for Windows installation:

https://doc.scrapy.org/en/latest/intro/install.html#windows

Answer 2

This error comes up when you don't have Windows SDK installed.

When you used Build Tools or Visual Studio to compile, often you need both the C++ compiler and Windows SDK. In the Build Tools, there is a "Custom" installation option which enables you to select to install both C++ and Windows SDK. In Visual Studio, you have to modify your installation to install Windows SDK.

I believe you need the SDK corresponding to the the platform you are using (Windows 10 SDK for Windows 10, etc).