Unable to Import the requests module (Python)

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I was trying out Python for the first time today and I ran into a problem. I want to import requests, but it shows an error in the code:

Error: Import "requests" could not be resolved from source Pylance(reportMissingModelSource) [4, 8]

I am using Visual Studio Code.

I've tried pip install requests and it looks good, but I'm still getting an error in my code.

When I do pip install requests:

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PS C:\Users\me\Desktop\python testing01> pip install requests
Requirement already satisfied: requests in c:\users\me\appdata\local\packages\pythonsoftwarefoundation.python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\localcache\local-packages\python39\site-packages (2.26.0)
Requirement already satisfied: idna<4,>=2.5 in
Requirement already satisfied: charset-normalizer~=2.0.0 in
Requirement already satisfied: urllib3<1.27,>=1.21.1 in
Requirement already satisfied: certifi>=2017.4.17 in
WARNING: You are using pip version 21.1.3; however, version 21.2.4 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the 'C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.

Relevant Python code:

import random

import requests

Error: Import "requests" could not be resolved from source Pylance(reportMissingModelSource) [4, 8] @OlvinRoght — Wesley Smith
– Wesley Smith, Commented Aug 29, 2021 at 7:00
Related: Import “flask” could not be resolved from source Pylance (reportMissingModuleSource) — Olvin Roght
– Olvin Roght, Commented Aug 29, 2021 at 7:05
Okay, I am assuming that you're using VS Code. (If so, please edit your original question to include this information.) Are you sure that you have selected the global interpreter rather than some other virtual environment from a previous session? See this for how to check that: code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/… — navneethc
– navneethc, Commented Aug 29, 2021 at 7:05
Also, check if it's a duplicate of stackoverflow.com/questions/65786221/… — navneethc
– navneethc, Commented Aug 29, 2021 at 7:09

Engr Tanveer sultan · Accepted Answer · 2022-08-22 14:21:45Z

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First of all, uninstall request by the following command:

pip uninstall requests

Then you have to install it again by the following command:

pip install requests

Now you have to import requests in the following way:

import requests

edited Aug 22, 2022 at 14:21

answered Aug 29, 2021 at 7:06

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Peter Mortensen · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-09 21:32:19Z

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Upgrade pip. Try:

pip install --upgrade pip

If your OS is Windows and if this command doesn't work, try:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip

Then try to install requests. It should work.

edited Nov 9, 2021 at 21:32

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answered Aug 29, 2021 at 7:07

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Wiscode · Accepted Answer · 2023-02-28 09:27:39Z

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For me, I had to :

Upgrade pip

    pip install --upgrade pip

Uninstall requests

    pip uninstall requests

Install requests

    pip install requests

Then reboot VsCode

answered Feb 28, 2023 at 9:27

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Will Armstrong Sr. · Accepted Answer · 2023-04-17 03:05:07Z

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I had to install in the terminal and then it worked. Would not work when attempting in my IDE, (VS Code).

answered Apr 17, 2023 at 3:05

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Brock Brown Over a year ago

Sometimes your IDE runs a different Python environment then the one that your terminal defaults to, you may want to check what Python environment it's running.

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