ImportError: cannot import name 'loads' from 'json' (unknown location)

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Previos title was: AttributeError: module 'json' has no attribute 'loads' I changed it because it looks similar to this but at the link that i provided, the problem seems that the person was having a file called json.py that was tricking the import to think that is importing a local file and not the json from standard library. My problem is that I don't have any local file called json.py;

I am wondering if it has to do anything related to PATH or the structure of my project. Any suggestion might help.

error traceback:

  File "D:\Me\IdeaProjects\src\app\repositories\user_repository.py", line 14, in get_user
    user = json.loads(file.read())

I am running the code in Windows 10, and intelliJ ide.

Python version: 3.7.4

Tried the code from the official documentation this:

import json
def as_complex(dct):
    if '__complex__' in dct:
        return complex(dct['real'], dct['imag'])
    return dct

json.loads('{"__complex__": true, "real": 1, "imag": 2}', object_hook=as_complex)

And got this error as well:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#7>", line 1, in <module>
    json.loads('{"__complex__": true, "real": 1, "imag": 2}',object_hook=as_complex)
AttributeError: module 'json' has no attribute 'loads'

When I try to import loads explicitly i get this error:

ImportError: cannot import name 'loads' from 'json' (unknown location)

Add the full error traceback that occurs when you try to import — Brad Solomon, Oct 10 '19 at 12:29
What's the output of `print(str(json))` at the point of failure? — Roman-Stop RU aggression in UA, Oct 10 '19 at 12:30
whas OS are you running on? What version of python? what do you get from a terminal if you echo $PYTHONPATH? Do you work with virtualenvs? As is, it is impossible to answer — Kevin Eaverquepedo, Oct 10 '19 at 12:30
Added some more info and i tried the code from the official documentation and i still get the same Error. — Sachihiro, Oct 10 '19 at 12:43

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 10 '19 at 13:34

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I had python installed in Admin account in window 10 and it was installed with Admin privileges, but when i used in another account I could not use the packages, however installing the python in the current account did fix the problem.

answered Oct 10 '19 at 13:34

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bimarian · Answer 2 · 2019-10-10T12:47:22.023

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Try to import loads explicitly:

import json
from json import loads

edited Oct 10 '19 at 12:47

answered Oct 10 '19 at 12:45

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Then i get this error: `ImportError: cannot import name 'loads' from 'json' (unknown location)` – Sachihiro Oct 10 '19 at 12:47
Try to install json again or update it maybe not all of the json library is included in your environment. – bimarian Oct 10 '19 at 12:48
Json is part of the standard library. – Sachihiro Oct 10 '19 at 12:49
So thing is that python can't find loads because it is not included in the expected location means, you have to get the module in to the environment you are working in. – bimarian Oct 10 '19 at 12:56
Can you elaborate, how can I do that? – Sachihiro Oct 10 '19 at 12:58
Can you run any other Python code that does not use json in this File you are working in? – bimarian Oct 10 '19 at 13:00
Yes, i can do that. – Sachihiro Oct 10 '19 at 13:01
Well I am not sure what the exact problem is but maybe it helps to install python to the exact same file location again and remove the current one. That's what I would do. – bimarian Oct 10 '19 at 13:05

ImportError: cannot import name 'loads' from 'json' (unknown location)

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