Why cant I import the webdriver for selenium?

Question

I am trying to import webdriveer from selenium but it always displays an error

Heres some code:

        from selenium import webdriver

I works if I launch the python interpreter from my cmd and write the code.

But fails if written directly to the python idle.

It leaves me with this long error:

    Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in from selenium import     webdriver File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver__init__.py", 

    line 18, in from .firefox.webdriver import WebDriver as Firefox # noqa File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\firefox\webdriver.py", 


    line 29, in <module>
from selenium.webdriver.remote.webdriver import WebDriver as RemoteWebDriver
File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", 


    line 27, in <module>
from .remote_connection import RemoteConnection
File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\remote_connection.py", 

    line 24, in <module>
import urllib3
File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\urllib3__init__.py", 



    line 7, in <module>
from .connectionpool import (
File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\urllib3\connectionpool.py", 




    line 11, in <module>
from .exceptions import (
File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\urllib3\exceptions.py", 


    line 2, in <module>
from .packages.six.moves.http_client import (
File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\urllib3\packages\six.py", 



    line 203, in load_module
mod = mod._resolve()
File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\urllib3\packages\six.py", 



    line 115, in _resolve
return _import_module(self.mod)
File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\site-packages\urllib3\packages\six.py", 



    line 82, in _import_module import(name)    File "C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\http\client.py", 



    line 71, in <module>
    import email.parser
    ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'email.parser'; 'email' is not a package

I had my file named to email.py I renamed it and all was well — , Jun 02 '19 at 07:49

score -1 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 02 '19 at 07:40

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Possible that since looks like your running Windows, need to escape the path? Maybe?

Like

C:\\\my\\\escaped\\\path

edited Jun 02 '19 at 07:40

petezurich

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answered Jun 02 '19 at 07:35

hbmaddog

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SO also escaped my first, so I made edit there – hbmaddog Jun 02 '19 at 07:38
I didnt type in any path – Jun 02 '19 at 07:39
It gave this error – Jun 02 '19 at 07:39
So maybe like C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python37\\lib\\site-packages\\selenium\\webdriver__init__.py – hbmaddog Jun 02 '19 at 07:40
Ths erro was given by my python shell (idle). – Jun 02 '19 at 07:40
What are you suggesting i do exactly? – Jun 02 '19 at 07:41
The only thing i wrote into the shell was this: – Jun 02 '19 at 07:42
from selenium import webdriver – Jun 02 '19 at 07:42
Yes i am using windows but it gives the path with one slash \ – Jun 02 '19 at 07:43
I use the ChromeDriver all the time...and your setup works fine when running from python CLI right? – hbmaddog Jun 02 '19 at 07:45
What's the main thing you want to accomplish? I am assuming browser testing? Or? – hbmaddog Jun 02 '19 at 07:46
its all good file named email.py – Jun 02 '19 at 07:48
that was the problem – Jun 02 '19 at 07:48
So you got resolved? – hbmaddog Jun 02 '19 at 07:49
i had a file named email.py and i moved some files everywhere – Jun 03 '19 at 06:29

Why cant I import the webdriver for selenium?

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