ImportError: cannot import name 'ParseMode' from 'telegram'

Question

I am trying to create a telegram bot. The code i am trying to execute is :

from telegram import ParseMode

But it is throwing up this error:

ImportError: cannot import name 'ParseMode' from 'telegram'
(C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\telegram\__init__.py)

Could you please advise how to fix this error?

Linzer

Answer 1

you have to import with this way:

from telegram.ext import ParseMode

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if problem not solved:

install the package like this:

pip install python_telegram_bot

or

pip install "python_telegram_bot==12.4.2"

Ofori

Thanks for your response. I am still getting an error: ImportError: cannot import name 'ParseMode' from 'telegram.ext' – Linzer

did you try to install last version of telegram? or uninstall the package and install that with this commands? pip install python_telegram_bot – Ofori

I installed it and it imported in well – Ofori

i used pip install telegram and i was able to import import telegram.ext just not parsemode. Should i uninstall it ? – Linzer

yes uninstall the telegram and install python_telegram_bot – Ofori

i uninstalled it and install python_telegram_bot but i am still getting the same message. Just to be sure also restarted the kernal – Linzer

This answer is misleading at least. [ParseMode ](python-telegram-bot.readthedocs.io/en/stable/…) is clearly not contained in the telegram.ext package. Also python-telegram-bot is by now on version 13.7. Older versions don't get bug fixes and v13 introduced breaking changes. Finally, the project is named python-telegram-bot, not python_telegram_bot. While pip apparently converts _ to - due to naming conventions, this may not be the case with other package managers or future pip versions. Disclaimer: I'm currently the maintainer of PTB. – Dharma

Answer 2

as per Version 20 you need to use:

from telegram.constants import ParseMode

Evolve

Answer 3

Was confronted with this recently, and what worked for me is:

from telegram import ParseMode

Alopecia