Cannot import name 'GeoText' from the geotext Python package

Question

I have installed the geotext module from pip.

However this line:

from geotext import GeoText

produces this error:

ImportError: cannot import name 'GeoText'

The module structure is as follows: where there is no sub directory but directly the geotext python file containing the GeoText class: The correct syntax of "from module import Class" is used in the __init__.py file too.

from geotext import GeoText

Could anyone help me interpret as to why the error could be generated in such a scenario where there seems to be no circular imports?

Answer 1

The import statement from the init file needs to be removed. This corrects the circular import scenario.

Answer 2

I had the same problem.

Installing geotext like so fixed it for me:

python3 -m pip install geotext