AttributeError: module 'pypandoc' has no attribute 'convert'

Question

I am trying to switch a python project over to poetry & pyproject.toml. Previously, we were using requirements.txt.

When I try to install pyspark 2.4.8 with poetry, however, I hit this error:

File "<string>", line 156, in <module>
AttributeError: module 'pypandoc' has no attribute 'convert'
[end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

Has anyone run into this? Do you know why this is an issue with poetry but not with requirements.txt?

Vendible

Share your requirements.txt file and toml file – Poetry

Answer 1

I solved this problem with:

pip install pypandoc==1.5

Fortyfour

pip install 'pypandoc<1.8' was sufficient for me given the answer of @sango – Appellation

this did not resolve it for me – Halvaard

Answer 2

it seems you need to downgrade it since 'convert' was removed in the 1.8 version. https://github.com/man-group/pytest-plugins/issues/87

Herring

Answer 3

Change the call from pypandoc.convert('README.md', 'rst') to pypandoc.convert_file('README.md', 'rst')

Superjacent