I am learning Django and I was working with bs4 in PyCharm on mac. I am using Python3 with Django which also has bs4 installed and it can be seen below.
But when I run the project, it throws me an error saying bs4 does not exist which can be seen below.
I have tried a lot of ways and it couldn't get it to work. Help
You are running the script with Python2.7 (according to the traceback) while having beautifulsoup4 package installed in Python3.5 environment.
Adjust your run configuration to use Python3.5 to run the script.
ok first thing, in your python 3 environment you have installed bs4, but in your python 2.7, you probably do not have. As you can see in your attached second screen, django is running on python 2.7.
I recommend using virtual environment, where you can have all of your dependencies personalized for single project. In fact, every project you are working on, should have its own separate virtualenv.
You've installed wrong Beautiful Soup package. The one that you installed is bs4
This is a dummy package managed by the developer of Beautiful Soup to prevent name squatting. The official name of PyPI’s Beautiful Soup Python package is beautifulsoup4.
The one that you need to install is beautifulsoup4. Which you should get with pip install beautifulsoup4 and not pip install bs4
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I'm trying to install a few packages (beautifulsoup4 and requests) for a project.
I installed these packages by running these commands in the terminal on macOS:
pip3 install beautifulsoup4
pip3 install requests
both did install successfully.
Now if I open my project in PyCharm, I can import the modules by using:
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import requests
Both packages are imported successfully and can be used in my code.
To be sure everything was installed correctly, I looked at the venv/lib/Python3.10 folder. beautifulsoup4-4.10.0.dist-info, bs4, requests and requests-2.27.1.dist-info are present.
However, when I run the CGI script (Python), I get the following error in the terminal:
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'bs4'
Even when I open a new terminal window and run the following commands:
python3
>>> from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
it runs fine without any errors.
The same issue happens for the requests package.
I also ran pip3 install bs4 but that also didn't fix anything.
I found what caused the issue. bs4 and requests were both installed correctly but in my CGI script, I used the wrong Python path. I had to change #!/usr/bin/python3 to the path that which python3 gave me.
I would recommend to always install packages using python3 -m pip install <name_of_the_package>. In this way you can be sure that you are using the correct pip.
To make sure that the python you a using really has the packages installed, try python3 -m pip list.
If all is good, check if the python interpreter the pycharm is using in your project is the right one.
It sounds to me that in pycharm you're using a virtual environment, but when you are using python3 at the terminal, you a using the main installation.
My current problem is that the Beautiful Soup import isn't working even though it's installed on my PC. I keep getting the error "No Module named 'bs4'". I'm currently using VS Code but I fired up the python IDLE and it wasn't working either. If anyone knows what's going on it would be a great help.
1. from pip._vendor import requests
2. from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
3.
4. url = 'https://someonerandomwebsite'
5. r = requests.get(url)
6. b_soup = BeautifulSoup(r.content, 'html.parser')
This is my current error
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'bs4'
For VS Code, check that the pip you are using (or different package installation) lines up with the selected Python interpreter.
"CTRL+Shift+P" then "Python: Select Interpreter" (alternatively click the very bottom left of the VS Code console)
In the terminal "pip -V"
Check that these paths line up. It is likely you aren't installing packages where you think that you are.
Please use "pip install bs4" to install the module "bs4" in the currently selected Python environment:
Install:
Check:
Run:
More reference: environment in VSCode.
How do you installed? what version of BeautifulSoup you have? are you in the virtualenv? you should not have this problem if you install using:
pip install beautifulsoup4
you can also try reinstall it:
pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall beautifulsoup4
Faced the same issue and fixed it by walking on the trail Jason showed.
Firstly, I checked the python bin file location by which python and obviously it showed the python in my virtual environment: /home/.../myenv/bin/python
Then I manually entered the same path for python interpreter in VS-Code by hitting Ctrl+Shift+P
The error message was gone right away.
I am working with Jupyter Notebook and have python 2.7 and 3.4 installed on it. I installed BeautifulSoup before importing it by this line:
pip install beautifulsoup4
The problem is that it is installed on python 2.7 while beautifulsoup4 is working on python 3.4. I also tried pip3 install beautifulsoup4 to install it on python 3 but the problem is still there and when i do this line: from bs4 import BeautifulSoup i again get the error below:
Error:
ImportError: cannot import name _htmlparser
Does anyone know how i can solve this problem since it appears beautifulsoup4 should be installed on python 3 while mine get installed in python 2??
Assuming you have added both versions to path you should rename the Python 2.7 version and Python 3.4 version to something else (ie pip27 and pip34). I also suggest you not only rename the pip but python interpreter as well (like python27 and python34.
Second since you have two Python versions you will need to call from command line (if you do not already). It might be that you have installed beautifulsoup correctly but you are using the wrong Python interpreter.
To run Python from command line use:
pythonXX file.py
I used pythonXX because I assume you have renamed each interpreter to distinguish the two versions.
I have tried everything here: How can I install the Beautiful Soup module on the Mac?
Installation seems to work (getting correct output during install) from both the traditional way to install and also using easy_install but when I use:
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
the interpreter says no such module exists.
What should I look at first to troubleshoot this?
To see all the packages you have installed, you can run the following in a interpreter:
>>> help('modules')
That will list for you all the modules you have installed. Look for bs4 in the list (which seems to be alphabetical). Another option is to issue at your prompt:
$ python -c "help('modules')" | grep bs4
If nothing comes up, or you cannot find it in the list, the module is not installed.
To install it, I used sudo pip install bs4. You may need to run sudo easy_install pip first to get pip. Also note the use of sudo, as this may make a difference.
And I'm running 10.8 build version 12C60.
I have an uggly solutions which works for me:
try:
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as bs
except ImportError:
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup as bs
after what, I call everything with bs prefix.
I've had the same issue. bs4 is installed but it wasn't showing up in help(modules).
I don't know if this will work for others, but I had the same issue with openCV and solved it by adding the following before trying to load the package. It worked for openCV and it just worked for bs4:
import sys
sys.path.append('/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages')
ImportError: No module named BeautifulSoup
I already tried easy_intall and python setup.py install, neither works. Even after I installed the BeautifulSoup, I still got the same error.
I have pre-installed python 2.7.2 and python 2.7 and 3.2 from python.org.
I installed the soup in the directory of python 2.7 according to terminal, as following.
running install
running build
running build_py
running install_lib
running install_egg_info
Removing /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/beautifulsoup4-4.0.3-py2.7.egg-info
Writing /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/beautifulsoup4-4.0.3-py2.7.egg-info
You've installed Beautiful Soup 4 ("beautifulsoup4-4.0.3-py2.7.egg-info"), but you're using the import statement for Beautiful Soup 3.
The package name was changed from "BeautifulSoup" to "bs4" so that both versions could coexist on the same installation.
Change your import statement to something like this and it should work:
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
For more information, see the documentation section "Porting code to BS4". BS4 is not completely backwards compatible with BS3, but most BS3 code should work once you change the import statement.
If all else fails, just put the BeautifulSoup source in your python directory. Like in ~/Python_install_dir/Lib/
Are you sure you use the same interpreter as for installation?
If you have 2 python interpreters (for example 2.6 and 2.7) and installed BeautifulSoup with 2.6 easy_install, it won't be available in your 2.7.