ImportError: No module named requests - even though it is installed

Question

I'm running Mac OS X and Python (version 2.7). Apparently I'm missing requests, but it should be installed.

$ python setup.py 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 1, in <module>
    import requests
ImportError: No module named requests

$ pip install requests
Requirement already satisfied: requests in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages
Requirement already satisfied: certifi>=2017.4.17 in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages (from requests)
Requirement already satisfied: chardet<3.1.0,>=3.0.2 in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages (from requests)
Requirement already satisfied: idna<2.7,>=2.5 in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages (from requests)
Requirement already satisfied: urllib3<1.23,>=1.21.1 in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages (from requests)

Python3 is also installed: `$ python3 --version Python 3.6.0` — Kasper Nielsen, Jan 30 '18 at 10:30
`$ pip3 install requests Requirement already satisfied: ...`, but still fails. — Kasper Nielsen, Jan 30 '18 at 10:33
You can answer your own questions. In fact, [this is even encouraged on SO](https://stackoverflow.com/help/self-answer) — Mr. T, Jan 30 '18 at 11:13

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 30 '18 at 18:39

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alias python=/usr/local/bin/python3 fixed the issue..

answered Jan 30 '18 at 18:39

Kasper Nielsen

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what caused the issue ? I'm having similar issue with another package https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49198346/no-module-named-gevent-even-though-it-is-installed – DJ_Stuffy_K Mar 09 '18 at 16:45

ImportError: No module named requests - even though it is installed

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