ImportError: cannot import name load_dotenv

[sirvon]

I've been getting this error on a python 2.7 installation:

ImportError: cannot import name load_dotenv

any word on what gives?

[aniketmaithani]

@sirvon well make sure you have activated your virtualenv if you are using this inside it.

[theskumar]

@sirvon Please re-open this issue if the above solution doesn't work for you. Make sure, you have installed python dotenv and/or activated virtualenv.

[cnicodeme]

The issue is still present even in Debian Jessie. Please re-open it.

[cnicodeme]

Ok for future peoples that get here, the load_dotenv has been removed.

Do this instead :

import os
from dotenv import Dotenv
dotenv = Dotenv(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".env")) # Of course, replace by your correct path
os.environ.update(dotenv)

[saurabh-fueled]

@cnicodeme that's kind of strange as Dotenv was never part of this library. Are you sure, the library that you are using is python-dotenv and not something else.

It would really helpful if you can post the output of your pip freeze command and/or

import dotenv
print dir(dotenv)

Thanks,

[cnicodeme]

Yes of course,

But I'm also suspecting it's not the same "dotenv"? I installed it using pip install dotenv.

Here's the print dir(dotenv) result :
['Dotenv', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', '__package__', '__path__', '__version__', 'get_variable', 'get_variables', 'set_variable', 'with_statement']

And the pip freeze for dotenv :
dotenv==0.0.5

[saurabh-fueled]

@cnicodeme the correct install command is:

pip install python-dotenv

You can simply fix this by

pip uninstall dotenv
pip install python-dotenv

Let me know if that helps!

Cheers!

[cnicodeme]

Thank you.

I already fixed my issue by doing what I indicated before (my second comment).

Cheers :)

[saurabh-fueled]

[sirvon]

why isnt this working on mac os el cap....
i forgot how i got this to work...

    from dotenv import load_dotenv
ImportError: cannot import name 'load_dotenv'

[waltertschwe]

I think this has changed again... has changed from "load_dotenv" to "load"
so you would need to do this :

dotenv_path = join(dirname(__file__), '.env')
load(dotenv_path)

[theskumar]

hi @waltertschwe, it has always been the same.

I would suggest you run the following and see what's the output:

import dotenv
print dir(dotenv)

there is a high chance of library mismatch.

[MohamedAlaa]

Hi @theskumar

I'm getting this error whenever i try to import dotenv:

>>> import dotenv Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dotenv/__init__.py", line 1, in <module> from .cli import get_cli_string File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/dotenv/cli.py", line 3, in <module> import click ImportError: No module named click

[undefinedplayer]

After uninstall dotenv, for my case it still didn't work. However, it works after I reinstall python-dotenv.

pip uninstall dotenv
pip uninstall python-dotenv
pip install python-dotenv

[jmrr]

@shlinx solution of uninstalling dotenv and python-dotenv and then reinstalling python-dotenv works.

However, tools like pipreqs recognise the package as dotenv if not installed, and python_dotenv AND dotenv if installed. pip freeze discovers the dependency as python-dotenv.

What can be the long term solution?

[shaunakmukherjee]

Hey, I'm having a similar issue on an Ubuntu 16.04. The pip freeze command didn't help, and there's still an error saying that it can't import the 'load_dotenv'. Any ideas?
@theskumar could you give an insight?

[theskumar]

@shaunakmukherjee try uninstalling and installing pip install python-dotenv.

Best option would be to create and try inside a virtualenv.

[shaunakmukherjee]

@theskumar have already done them, as the picture shows.
Still not happening.

[theskumar]

Try in the python manage.py shell.

import dotenv
dir(dotenv)

what do you see?

[shaunakmukherjee]

['Dotenv', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', '__package__', '__path__', '__version__', 'get_variable', 'get_variables', 'set_variable', 'with_statement']

[theskumar]

@shaunakmukherjee you have dotenv installed which is not python-dotenv you need to uninstall it first. see: #6 (comment)

[shaunakmukherjee]

Well, I have python-dotenv installed as well. pip freeze shows a version of python-dotenv.
@theskumar

[theist]

Well, I have python-dotenv installed as well.

@shaunakmukherjee It seems that having python-dotenv and dotenv packages causes issues... I had the two installed and run into the same issue. I fixed it uninstalling dotenv and leaving python-dotenv instaled

[ltfschoen]

I also got the error ImportError: cannot import name load_dotenv when using Python 3.6 after installing https://github.com/theskumar/python-dotenv version 0.6.4 to with pip install python_dotenv.

I gave up and tried https://github.com/mattseymour/python-env version 1.0.0 instead, which I installed with pip install python-env. I used it in my file as follows, and it worked successfully without any issues:

import os
import dotenv

# output of the following command should be: `['__author__', '__builtins__', '__cached__', ...`
print("dotenv should be shown here: ", dir(dotenv))

APP_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '')
dotenv_path = os.path.join(APP_ROOT, '.env')
dotenv.load(dotenv_path)
fb_page_token = os.getenv('FACEBOOK_PAGE_TOKEN')

[djdeo]

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "manage.py", line 9, in
dotenv.read_dotenv()
AttributeError: module 'dotenv' has no attribute 'read_dotenv'

after pip install python_dotenv

[theskumar]

@djdeo read_dotenv() is not part of this library, make sure you have installed the correct requirement, there are other dotenv python libraries as well.

[djdeo]

@theskumar thanks, I tried pip install django_dotenv and it worked

[lexsoul]

sudo apt install python3-dotenv
worked for me in a Hyper-V virtual machine with Ubuntu 18.04

[tumispro]

@ltfschoen thanks, couldn't get the other package to work on MacOS Mojave either, that one worked perfectly!

[Prajwalprakash3722]

Uninstall dotenv and python-dotenv sudo pip uninstall dotenv && sudo pip uninstall python-dotenv
then install the python-dotenv sudo pip install python-dotenv

This really works

[felipeabou]

This is still happening. It's so annoying. No solution yet?

[RT-Tap]

I'm having this issue as well ... never installed dotenv only python-dotenv ... Getting ImportError: cannot import name 'Dotenv' from partially initialized module 'dotenv' (most likely due to a circular import) (C:\Users\me\source\python\myapp\dotenv.py)
Tried from dotenv import load_dotenv and from dotenv import Dotenv as well as any other solutions I could find on stackoverflow and in this thread

[atheeralattar]

@RT-Tap Change your .py file name

[matiasvallejosdev]

Thanks! 👍🏻