Why can I not import load_dotenv?

Question

I'm trying to code a simple discord bot in python, but it says i cant import load_dotenv, instead giving me this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/pi/Rotomi/Rotomi.py", line 5, in <module>
    from dotenv import load_dotenv
ImportError: cannot import name 'load_dotenv' from 'dotenv' (/home/pi/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/dotenv/__init__.py)

For reference, here is my current code: https://pastebin.com/75qru00R

Giorgia

there are two modules pip install dotenv and pip install python-dotenv (which have load_dotenv). Maybe you installed wrong module – Wire

Ahh, that’s probably it. Thank you! – Giorgia

correction there is dotenv, dotenv-python and python-dotenv (and few others). python-dotenv has load_dotenv – Wire

@Wire yeesh... that collection sounds ripe for a typosquatting attack. – Deuteronomy

Answer 1

Just ran into the same issue and luckily we got it solved.

The problem is the package itself. So instead of install package dotenv, what you should install is python-dotenv.

pip install python-dotenv

After that, you code shall work

Crackdown

just to add to the confusion... it's python-dotenv NOT dotenv-python – Depurative

Answer 2

Since load_dotenv is declared in main.py of the package, I simply imported it and used the function like that and it worked.

from dotenv import main
import os

main.load_dotenv()

print(os.getenv('access_token'))

Paulson

Answer 3

In my case : I uninstalled dotenv-python and dotenv first by following commend

pip uninstall dotenv-python
pip uninstall dotenv

and after install python-dotenv module by

pip install python-dotenv

Smothers

Worked for me with pipenv. There were some problems with a locally and globally installed version as well but after uninstalling and reinstalling everything it worked. – Essene

Answer 4

I don't know if this still needs to be solved, but I found out that this worked for me:

from dotenv import dotenv_values
temp = dotenv_values(".env")
TOKEN = temp["DISCORD_TOKEN"] 

Folio

Answer 5

I came here as I faced the same issue. I did my code according to this tutorial but

from dotenv import load_dotenv

caused this error:

*** ImportError: cannot import name 'load_dotenv' from 'dotenv' (/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/dotenv.py)

The import itself worked:

(Pdb) import dotenv

But the suggestion didn't:

(Pdb) from dotenv import Dotenv
*** ImportError: cannot import name 'Dotenv' from 'dotenv' (/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/dotenv.py)

Apparently also in my case I had to complete another install: pip3.7 install python-dotenv --user. Yet, from dotenv import Dotenv would not run. The tutorial is correct in stating:

from dotenv import load_dotenv

I assume this could be a Python 2/3 transition error.

Frederiksen

Answer 6

I'm almost embarrassed to write this but I had forgotten to close then re-open VSC after running the correct command:

pip install python-dotenv

then

from dotenv import load_env

Morbidity

Answer 7

For me, uninstalling and reinstalling python-dotenv fixed the issue.

Oat

Answer 8

According to there official docs from https://github.com/pedroburon/dotenv , You import Dotenv not load_dotenv.

>>> from dotenv import Dotenv
>>> dotenv = Dotenv('/path/to/.env')
>>> print dotenv
{"FOO": "bar", "Bar": "baz"}

Coadjutor

Answer 9

Python 3.6.9

With api-token = '123456' in the .env file in the root of your project.

import dotenv
dotenv.load_dotenv()
import os
token = os.environ.get("api-token")

print(token)

Stability

Answer 10

My propblem was that my IDE was using the wrong python version .

Fixed here:

https://bobbyhadz.com/blog/python-no-module-named-dotenv

Milliemillieme

Answer 11

Simply import from from main class/sub-package like this:

from dotenv.main import load_dotenv

Configuration file for the application:

dotenv_path = Path(".local.env")
load_dotenv(dotenv_path=dotenv_path)

Maybe in your config.py

Selffulfillment

Answer 12

I had the same symptom. My problem was a file tokenize.py, which overrode Python's tokenize module. Renaming my file fixed this problem.

Sourpuss