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VSCode Python issues - SyntaxError: invalid syntax line 1 and also conflicting python versions cannot import requests

I'm using VSCode to create some Python scripts for a personal project. I have used VSCode without any problems in the past but I'm running into some errors now and can't figure out why.
At first I had conflicting Python versions - on the bottom bar it was Python 3.10.2 and when I use the version command in the Terminal I'm getting Python 3.9.7. Originally, I was getting errors that certain libraries were not installed - even if they were - but when I changed the bottom bar version to Python 3.9.7 ('base': conda) which is the same as the version command result - I no longer get that issue.
Instead, I now get an issue that consistently returns something like the following:
File "<stdin>", line 1
/Users/...
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
I can get things working on a Jupyter notebook but when I want to use scripts and keep work in folders this is causing a huge problem. Does anyone have an idea what I can do here to resolve?

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-python
Open this link and install this extension.
Also, a step-by-step procedure is given.
A Visual Studio Code extension with rich support for the Python language (for all actively supported versions of the language: >=3.7), including features such as IntelliSense (Pylance), linting, debugging, code navigation, code formatting, refactoring, variable explorer, test explorer, and more!
Python extension does offer some support when running on vscode.dev (which includes github.dev). This includes partial IntelliSense for open files in the editor.

Why does importing a Python library throw a syntax error?

I have a Windows machine in which some Python code works, but now needs to work on new machine.
I have installed the same Python version 3.6.5.
First issue was that when I run the code, it can not find a re.py library, which is in fact in Python's Lib folder. So I have added sys.path.append('C:\Python\Lib') and now it can find it.
But now I get the syntax error from that library, where I say import re, that lines throws an error regarding some line in re.py library. If I import getopt, I also get syntax error on some line.
How is that even possible? Syntax error in pythons Lib files which came with installation?
And the thing is that on machine 1 it works, same file contents, same python version. I am under impression that I have wrong in python.exe version for this version of libraries, but I have simply downloaded Windows installer and installed it.
I don't even know what to google for, does someone has any idea? I am importing re in WeblogicAuto.py on line 5.
D:\Jenkins\workspace\weblogic-full-deployment-copy\weblogic-deployment>MainAutoDeployment.py -f DEV -v 2.61.0.12
Initializing WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) ...
Welcome to WebLogic Server Administration Scripting Shell
Type help() for help on available commands
Problem invoking WLST - Traceback (innermost last):
File "D:\Jenkins\workspace\weblogic-full-deployment-copy\weblogic-deployment\WeblogicAuto.py", line 5, in ?
File "C:\Python\Lib\re.py", line 247
b"_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890")
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

You are using WLST (WebLogic Scripting Tool).
WLST is very specific distribution of python:
it's jython
it roughly corresponds with python 2.7
And you trying to import libs from your CPython 3.6.5 distribution.
You need to:
remove your sys.path.append that you added earlier
check python libraries in jython library path. Which could be $HOME/.jython or WLST-specific path (look in WebLogic documentation)

OK many thanks to ya all, I've found the solution, it was about Jython libraries. I will try to elaborate a bit if someone stumbles upon this issue.
What I do here is that I deploy java modules to Oracle Weblogic application server. So this answer will also help someone trying to deploy to Weblogic from python.
From the start I was avoiding to install Webloglogic software on a machine from where I do the deploy (and that is a Jenkins slave which runs these python file, simple job).
I noticed that first machine (first Jenkins slave) has Weblogic installed, but I like to keep it minimal :)
What you do need is weblogic.jar and (not sure at this moment) wlfullclient.jar which is generated on Weblogic server (google how if needed or you may already have it).
The thing is that even though I have pure python code, when you call another python code with java weblogic.WLST pythonCode.py, it will be run with jython application! And it needs its libraries in its sys path.
In jython file I've added print(sys.path) then run in on both machines (slaves). I've noticed that path is different on those machines, even though if you type it in command prompt you get the same, but different then when Jenkins runs it.
So instead of looking how to fix those paths and copy files to them, I have created folders where it expects them, and copied them from first machine (easy fix, I may look into it later).
These are the sys.path and files that were needed, present on first machine:
['D:\\Jenkins\\weblogic\\Lib', '__classpath__', 'C:/bea10/wlserver_10.3/server/lib/weblogic.jar', 'C:/bea10/wlserver_10.3/common/wlst/modules/jython-modules.jar/Lib', 'C:/bea10/wlserver_10.3/common/wlst', 'C:/bea10/wlserver_10.3/common/wlst/lib', 'C:/bea10/wlserver_10.3/common/wlst/modules', '.']
This was sys.path on second machine, so I simply copied there:
['D:\\Jenkins\\weblogic\\Lib', '__classpath__', 'D:/Jenkins/server/lib/weblogic.jar', 'D:/Jenkins/common/wlst/modules/jython-modules.jar/Lib', 'D:/Jenkins/common/wlst', 'D:/Jenkins/common/wlst/lib', 'D:/Jenkins/common/wlst/modules', '.']
Note that jython-modules.jar is a file, so /Lib should be from that file if I get how java works.
Feel free to contact me for more details.

libpython3.6m.dylib vs libpython3.6.dylib

I'm working on creating an app from Python code using py2app.
Everything goes well until I run setup.py, then at the very end of it running I get this message: "ValueError:
'/Users/(my_computer_name)/anaconda3/lib/libpython3.6.dylib' does not exist"
It turns out there is a file there, just named slightly different: It asks for 'libpython3.6.dylib' and there is a file named 'libpython3.6m.dylib'
Any insight would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

Anaconda Python binaries are build with multithread support and that means the library generated will have the form *m.dylib ( see this Google Groups link )
You could create a symlink and try to build using py2app (I had issues with that).
Alternatively this worked for me: I had an equivalent virtualenv setup (which uses a Python Framework and makes py2app locate the library differently) and was able to build the application on that one.

HTTP Error 502.2 - Bad Gateway Configuring IIS 7 with Python 2.7

I am a newbie to Stack Overflow (first post), but really see the use of this website.
I'm stumped. We are trying to setup IIS 7.0 to run with WinPython 2.7 on a Windows 7 machine.
I am an IIS newb, but veteran Python user. IIS 7 can NOT find a library, which python finds, and executes, perfectly when ran on it's own. When executed via IIS, the script fails with a traceback, and IIS returns the 502.2.
I found this thread http://forums.iis.net/p/1209465/2073173.aspx?HTTP+Error+502+2+Bad+Gateway+Frustrations but the advised solution is simply another troubleshooting suggestion.
I found IIS's description (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942057) of the error helpful, but futile.
I found Python's start-up options/parameters helpful (http://docs.python.org/2/using/cmdline.html), but futile.
I found IIS's advice for configuring Python helpful (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/276494, but (questionably?) incomplete.
This thread on manually defining an alternate bin folder (http://forums.asp.net/t/1303052.aspx?Tell+IIS+to+load+dll+from+another+directory+not+Bin+web+config+) might be where my solution lies, but I don't think it is because of the fact that this all worked on 2.6 without doing that to IIS.
IIS seems to allow python to import any module that is just a python script. As soon as it gets to a *.pyd (basically just python's version of a dll file) file, it screams. I'm no pro when it comes to DLLs and windows environments, but wouldn't IIS have to have paths to a bin folder of some kind? Do I have to manually edit them, as discussed in the last link above?
ACTUAL ERROR Details below for DLL failed Load:
The Error :
" HTTP Error 502.2 - Bad Gateway The specified CGI application
misbehaved by not returning a complete set of HTTP headers. The
headers it did return are "Traceback (most recent call last): File
"\estorage.equitable.int\riskmgmt\Quants\web\LinksPage.py", line 2,
in import pyweb File
"\estorage.equitable.int\riskmgmt\Quants\Common2014\Python\pyweb__init__.py",
line 5, in from core import * File
"\estorage.equitable.int\riskmgmt\Quants\Common2014\Python\pyweb\core.py",
line 2, in from pylib import pgdb File
"\estorage.equitable.int\riskmgmt\Quants\Common2014\Python\pylib\pgdb.py",
line 8, in from scikits import timeseries as ts File
"C:\WinPython-32bit-2.7.6.2-20140401\python-2.7.6\lib\site-packages\scikits.timeseries-0.91.3-py2.7-win32.egg\scikits\timeseries__init__.py",
line 13, in import const File
"C:\WinPython-32bit-2.7.6.2-20140401\python-2.7.6\lib\site-packages\scikits.timeseries-0.91.3-py2.7-win32.egg\scikits\timeseries\const.py",
line 79, in from cseries import freq_constants ImportError:
DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found. ".
I'm confident that the python environment is configured properly, as the script runs from the same executable (python.exe) via a command line. I'm thinking that I don't have IIS configured properly, for the new Python 2.7 install. The same script worked yesterday, on IIS and python 2.6. But during our upgrade from 2.6 to 2.7, a bunch of PATH and PYTHONPATH parameters all changed, plus we went from ActivePython to WinPython. WinPython is "registered" on the machine.
What I've tried
confirming python's sys.path is as expected at run-time in both IIS and command line - it is.
using the module from python command line.
recompiling the failing module using two different compilers (ming32 and VS2008).
putting duplicates of my new 2.7 modules in the old python26 folder.
pulling out lots of hair and other hacky stuff.
My next step, is to post this same message on a python forum. If anybody can advise on a good one for python-IIS related challenges, that would be appreciated.
Please help! Thanks in advance.

I got this 502.2 error when doing a clean installation of PHP 5.5 in Windows Server 2012 R2 with IIS 8.5.
It turns out PHP is a Visual C++ application which needs the library MSVCR110.dll in order to run properly. My computer does not have Visual Studio 2012 installed and thus it does not have this file. I got my problem solved by installing the Visual C++ Redistributable Packages https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679#

(Note: jc77 is my associate, and I'm actually the OP, as this was an x-post from IIS forums.)
We solved the problem.
tl,dr; portable python + sloppy/rookie compiling = strange behaviour + frustrations.
Bottom line, compile properly. For scikits.timeseries, using ming32 everything will walk, talk, and sound like it works in Spyder.exe, but not in python.exe. You have to use VS2008, if you want it to work in both.
More Info:
Winpython (as well as others) presents itself as identical to any other python installations, if you "register" the installation. It works great, 99% of the time. We learned the hard way, that "Winpython Interpreter.exe" and "python.exe" provided in the install are in fact different. Can't explain why, but the two executables gave different behavior. We were doing all our testing in Spyder, which must use "winpython interpreter.exe". The module which IIS couldn't find, would import and run no problem in Spyder. Then, in IIS, using python.exe, the module wouldn't import. We were operating on the assumption that the IDE would use python.exe, and that the stack was identical. As, 99% of the time, they appear to be. The way we were compiling scikits worked in winpython interpreter.exe. We were making a rookie mistake when compiling scikits, but it went un-noticed because it was working fine in our IDE (Spyder).
I'm adding these keywords for others : Anybody else who receives errors like this is likely using a portable python installation AND not compiling something properly. Winpython, Portable Python, eGenix, [and possibly?] Active State and Enthought Canopy.

While trying to configure CGI to run Perl in Windows 8.1, I had HTTP Error 502.2, but then I read loste's post and solved the problem. I had previously installed both Perl64 and Strawberry Perl. Although the IIS EventHandler pointed to only the Perl64 directory, both directories appeared in my Windows PATH variable. I prefer Strawberry Perl, so I changed the EventHandler to point to the Strawberry Perl directory and deleted the paths to Perl64 from the Windows PATH variable to solve the error.

Try this
print("Content-Type: text/html\n")
print("Hello Python World!")
You must specify the type of document

Can't install pywin32..?

I tried to install pywin32 via the 32 bit python 2.6 msi installer and got this error:
I have no idea why, so I went and installed python 2.7 and tried again with the pywin32 2.7 installer and got an error that amounted to another error (Sorry for not being more specific, but python 2.7 is now gone from my computer. The error was incredibly vague and had "Error:" and then no more text after it if I recall correctly).
I can't figure out what this error means, however. I wanted to use pyinstaller but it requires pywin32, so after I couldn't install pywin32 I tried py2exe and got this error:
*** finding dlls needed ***
error: pywintypes26.dll: No such file or directory
So I'm pretty sure I need pywin32. Anyone have any ideas?

I don't know the cause, but I got the same error (only with different line numbers, maybe from a different version of pywin32), and this fix worked for me, installing on windows 7:
Extract the installer file to a directory using the free 7zip (or similar) program
Copy everything in the PLATLIB directory to C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages
Open a command prompt to the SCRIPT directory and type:
python pywin32_postinstall.py -install
You must have Python already installed (perhaps obviously) and in your windows PATH environment variable for this to work. You can also try the testall script in that PLATLIB directory (though for me, that hung). After doing this, I was able to import pywin32 modules from the Python IDLE just fine.
(Trying to run the installer in compatibility mode didn't solve this for me.)

I did the following and worked for version 2.7 (I did not try 3.0 and up, but it should work too):
Move the .exe file into the platlib (C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages)
Run as admin the .exe file and you should be Good :)
If you want to check if it worked just do: import win32api and run it.

As of when I wrote this (Feb'12), IMO Python 2.5 is the most stable version of Python on Windows. I suggest you try re-installing everything on Python 2.5. I use it on Windows 7 and I don't have any issues whatsoever