flask says No module named PIL

Question

I am a flask newbie. I want to use PIL module in flask. However after writing my code, when I try to start my server, I get an error that ImportError: No module named PIL. What is wrong here?

Do you have PIL or Pillow installed? Check http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6579995/django-no-module-named-pil — Krzusztof, Jul 13 '15 at 14:48
Yup I have it installed on my machine and importable via python interpreter — Vivek Sasidharan, Jul 13 '15 at 14:49

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 13 '15 at 14:51

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You need to install the module using pip or easy_install:

pip install Pillow

Pillow 2.2.1

answered Jul 13 '15 at 14:51

Bun

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I already have it installed in my machine. Accessible using python interpreter. Or am I missing something here – Vivek Sasidharan Jul 13 '15 at 14:52
Do you use virtual environment? How do you use PIL in your project? Note: Pillow >= 2.1.0 no longer supports “import _imaging”. Please use “from PIL.Image import core as _imaging” instead. – Bun Jul 13 '15 at 14:54
yes i use virtual environment. But wait, do I need to install PIL inside flask also? – Vivek Sasidharan Jul 13 '15 at 14:56
I do have PIL installed in python directory – Vivek Sasidharan Jul 13 '15 at 14:56
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Go to your virtualenv, then type `pip freeze` to see whether PIL or PILLow exist. If not, install it. – Bun Jul 13 '15 at 14:57
installing PIL in flask now, Thanks :) – Vivek Sasidharan Jul 13 '15 at 15:02

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