No module named openai

Question

I've installed openai on my laptop with pip install openai.

Have installed on my laptop and after installed on the same folder where my code file is. But when I try to run the code I get ImportError: No module named openai

This is the code from the file. Pretty simple:

import openai

openai.api_key = API_KEY

prompt = "Say this is a test"

response = openai.Completion.create(
    engine="text-davinci-001", prompt=prompt, max_tokens=6
)

print(response)

What am I doing wrong?

Multistage

Do you have multiple versions of python installed on your machine - not a virtual environment? – Sophy

how are you running this code? – Intramuscular

No I have no virtual enviroment. I'm running it on VS – Multistage

I've tried also with pip3 install openai. No success – Multistage

@Multistage you almost certainly are running you code in a different install of python than where pip is installing your packages. Assuming you are using pip in the terminal do which python or where python on widows to see if it is the same install of python you are using to run your code. – Sophy

I get /usr/bin/python .Appreciate your help – Multistage

And the file that I'm running is in /Escritorio/coding/python$ – Multistage

@Multistage make sure you are using the correct python interpreter in VS Code. FYI - all Macs come with python2 installed by default so if you are not using conda make sure to use pip3 and python3 – Sophy

I'm using Python select interpreter my python version Python 3.9.12. but still get the same ImportError: No module named openai.I can't figure out what is wrong – Multistage

Selected different interpreters: the recommended Python 3.9.12 64-bit, Python 3.6.9 64-bit and Python 2.7.17 64-bit with thePython 3. it doesn't flag openai on file but with Python2 it flags it. Anyway trying all different ways I still get ImportError: No module named openai – Multistage

When I write on the terminal python3 main.py (the name of the file) It works. It has to be something with VS but can't figure out what – Multistage

I get this error too when running a python script that imports openai but not when I import openai in idle. – Mcgean

try with PyCharm instead - I also had the same issue in VS Code even when I created a new venv (strangely it ran for two runs and then went back to saying it didn't exist), install/uninstalled openai package – Josh

This solution might help with vscode editor - community.openai.com/t/no-module-named-openai/8303/3 – Tingey

Does this answer your question? ModuleNotFoundError: No Module Named openai – Rehm

Answer 1

I encountred the same problem and all what I did was:

First uninstall the openai package with :

pip uninstall openai

Then I upgraded pip with :

pip install --upgrade pip

And i re-installed the openapi package with

pip install openai

And it worked.

Stink

Saved my day! But how? – Inhibit

same here... new to python.. dont even know where pip came from lol – Stravinsky

Good nugget of info here. Also using macOS and python3 is the default. So for me doing @clicmolette's idea and trying python3 for the commands helped – Duodenum

Answer 2

This can happen if you have multiple versions of python

to show where pip has installed openai package, you can run this command

pip show openai

you will have an output like this

Name: openai
Version: 0.26.4
Summary: Python client library for the OpenAI API
Home-page: https://github.com/openai/openai-python
Author: OpenAI
Author-email: [email protected]
License: None
Location: /home/${USER}/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages
Requires: requests, tqdm, aiohttp
Required-by: 

as you see, for me pip installs the package openai for the python version 3.8.

so if the default python version is 2.7 for example, when running python then making import openai, this will not work.

you can change the default python version to the same verion of the package openai, use

sudo update-alternatives --config python

Then select the correct version (3.8 for me).

you can also try to install openai for your default python version:

python -m pip install openai

Forrer

Thanks for this. Lots of answers sending me round in circles but this was the first one that helped diagnose and solve the issue. – Recrement

Thanks a lot. Your answer helped me. If anyone else is experiencing the same issue, please check that your Python version matches that of OpenAI. – Pyaemia

This was the solution to my problem as well. Thanks! – Parthenogenesis

Answer 3

Top answer didn't work for me, but this did:

I am using VS code on a mac. I had to select the correct Python interpreter. I am using Python 3 and pip3 instead of pip.

Uninstall the openai package with :

pip uninstall openai

Upgraded pip with (be sure to use pip3):

pip3 install --upgrade pip

And i re-installed the openapi package with (be sure to use pip3):

pip3 install openai

Halfbeak

Answer 4

For the one who tries to run it on macOS (Please install Flask first), then use

sudo flask run

and it works.

Retina

flash is not a valid command on macOS. – Cataphyll

@Cataphyll My apologies, you need to go into the openai-quickstart-python and type 'sudo flask run'. Make sure for any dependencies for flask are installed – Retina

This was the solution that worked for me, and I hate it. (As of May '23, the OpenAI Quickstart tutorial seems well written and maintained, so it seems there must be some quirk of my setup that means I need to run flask under sudo where others don't, and one day I'll determine why.) – Winze

sudo: flask: command not found – Regenerator

@Regenerator Please remember to install Flask first: flask.palletsprojects.com/en/3.0.x – Retina

Answer 5

After you run the following command

pip install openai

If you are using visual studio code restart your kernal.it worked for me.

Alastair

Answer 6

Try it works for me , replace 3.10 for your python version

sudo pip3.10 install openai

Tasty

Answer 7

Try putting --user after the snippet.

pip install openai --user

After this, the error doesn't show up & the code works fine for me.

Mweru

Answer 8

I was trying to run my openai python script through VS Code on a Mac with python3 installed. When I tried to run my script by pressing the play button supplied by VS Code's Pylance Python extension I kept getting the error message No module named openai.

What helped me was, to install openai with the standard prompt pip install openai and by executing my script through the terminal prompt python3 script.py.

Gringo

Answer 9

in case you are running the python script as admin (or sudo) it throws the error ImportError: No module named openai. but with out admin (or sudo) it just runs fine

Aslam

Answer 10

This might be a temporary VS code error. Try closing the app and trying it again. It worked well for me on pycharm.

I used this:

pip3 install openai

Socio

Answer 11

If anyone runs into this problem when running Firebase on an emulator:

You have to make sure this config is set to 'true' on pyvenv.cfg:

include-system-site-packages = true

Deonnadeonne

Answer 12

I did pip install openai on the macOS terminal at the root and the project worked afterwards.

Waits

Answer 13

On your IDE , manually add the openai module to the interpreter . The issue will be resolved !

For Pycharm ,

Go to File -> settings -> project -> python interpreter -> add the module (look for + symbol ) Tadaa !

Ileana

Answer 14

Was facing this issue with using pyCharm, turned out pyCharm maintains separate execution environment for each of the projects.

I tried to run the same code in VSCode, it ran without any error.

Nun