ImportError: Failed to import the Cloud Firestore library for Python

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Trying to integrate Google firestore API at python server

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  File "/home/daffolap-355/repos/subscriptions/appvendor/firebase_admin/firestore.py", line 28, in <module>
    raise ImportError('Failed to import the Cloud Firestore library for Python. Make sure '
ImportError: Failed to import the Cloud Firestore library for Python. Make sure to install the "google-cloud-firestore" module.

I get this error here:

from firebase_admin import credentials, auth, firestore

I installed the firebase-admin module:

pip install --upgrade -t libs firebase-admin

And run the app

dev_appserver app.yaml

Try installing `google-cloud-firestore` instead of (or in addition to?) `firebase-admin`, as per the error message. — Dan Cornilescu, Jan 15 '18 at 16:17
Sometimes the dev appserver has issues loading `google.*` modules from the local `lib/` directory. If the modules are indeed installed correctly, try something like the solution described [here](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-auth-library-python/issues/169#issuecomment-315417916). — Hiranya Jayathilaka, Jan 16 '18 at 02:19

Chayapol · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-19T13:13:31.880

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Google Cloud Firestore requires grpc.

pip install grpcio

However, there are additional steps depending on your OS. Check out https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/master/src/python/grpcio

edited Aug 19 '19 at 13:13

answered May 03 '18 at 14:55

Chayapol

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September 2022 - still had the same problem with a clean install, `pip install grpcio` is the solution that worked for me. – Boris Yakubchik Sep 12 '22 at 17:22

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 18 '18 at 17:39

To solve the "google-cloud-firestore" module error do this:

pip install google-cloud-core
pip install google-cloud-firestore

And then import like this:

import os
import firebase_admin
from firebase_admin import credentials
from google.cloud import firestore
from firebase_admin import firestore

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 01 '19 at 00:55

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This worked for me. Try uninstalling and re-installing google-cloud-firestore

Uninstall "google-cloud-firestore" using pip

   pip uninstall google-cloud-firestore

Re-install it using pip again
```
   pip install google-cloud-firestore
```

answered Aug 01 '19 at 00:55

Ravneet Sohi

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 06 '19 at 16:55

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I faced similar issue when installing firebase_admin library on windows. The solution was to downgrade protobuf library to 3.6.0.

pip install protobuf==3.6

answered Nov 06 '19 at 16:55

Shashank Singh

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ImportError: Failed to import the Cloud Firestore library for Python

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