Python request module not working

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I installed Python using Homebrew, I installed Pip and then using Pip I downloaded the Requests module.

Just to double check I tried to install it again and got a confirmation in terminal that it was already installed:

Requirement already satisfied: requests in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages

I then tried to write a pretty simple script to call Git and see if I can get a response. But when I run it I get an error message. Here's the script and message:

import requests

response = requests.get('https://api.github.com/events')

print (response)

Message:

PythonTesting/main.py", line 5, in <module>
    import requests
ImportError: No module named requests

Possible duplicate of "ImportError: no module named 'requests'" after installing with pip — Oleksandr Kravchuk
– Oleksandr Kravchuk, Commented Dec 9, 2016 at 21:17
Wrong Python version? Installed for Python 2 and started Python 3? — dav1d
– dav1d, Commented Dec 9, 2016 at 21:57
Thanks for all the assist, couldn't reply yesterday because some genius scheduled a long afternoon meeting on a Friday...ug. The wrong version issue sounds like the correct answer, I know Apple ships with 2.7, I did an install yesterday of the latest so that must be the issue. — PruitIgoe
– PruitIgoe, Commented Dec 10, 2016 at 13:20

wprata · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-18 23:04:36Z

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I'm a beginner in programming. Today, I was in the same problem. I spent many hours trying fix this problem. For me worked:

open prompt comand
cd (path of scripts directory in venv - my project on VisualStudio Code)
pip install requests Then, I opened VS and put my code to go. It's work well.

answered Oct 18, 2020 at 23:04

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Sourav Debnath · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-18 20:28:05Z

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Make sure you are running the code in version 2.7 as you have installed the request package for 2.7 only. If by mistake you are running the code on version 3, then that request package won't work. In that case, you need to install the requests for python3.

answered Aug 18, 2018 at 20:28

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