VSCode autocomplete not working for OpenCV installed from source

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I've only found one other question asking exactly this with no answer, so I'm asking here.

I am running Ubuntu 18.04, VSCode latest version.

I have installed OpenCV 3.4.9 from source to /usr/local

When I import cv2 and then try to type "cv2.", VSCode is unable to autocomplete. The only suggestions it makes are "bootstrap" and "os". I have no problem with autocomplete with any other module like numpy or rospy, or even when OpenCV is installed from pip. It seems the issue is only when OpenCV is installed from source.

I have tried both the language server as well as Jedi. I have also tried various linters.

Any help is appreciated.

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 25 '21 at 08:04

This is for those who have installed OpenCV on Anaconda and VSCode can't suggest cv2 functions.

python.autoComplete.extraPaths didn't work for me. so according to this answer :

open VSCode
ctrl + shift + p
type : Python: Create Terminal
type python -m pip install --upgrade opencv-python in the new terminal

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 27 '20 at 08:15

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I have encountered the same problem. Hope this helps

Its because the package is not installed in the usual location but in a custom location. This problem could be resolved by some configuration changes. Configure the settings.json to include the custom location for autocompletion to work. Add path to python.autoComplete.extraPaths

STEP 1:Identify the location of the custom library/module.

STEP 2: Make the necessary changes in the User Settings or Workspace Settings file.

Here’s a sample entry in the User Settings (Mention the exact location of the module)

    "C:/Program Files (x86)/---/---",
    "C:/Program Files (x86)/---/---/lib" ]

answered Feb 27 '20 at 08:15

Arun Soorya

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I have already added the path to the installed library to python.autoComplete.extraPaths. Still not getting autocomplete. – Sanat Mar 03 '20 at 08:41
same here, any solutions to this problem? – 98percentmonkey Mar 17 '20 at 10:49
Any response about this issue? I'm still having this problem – Henrique Branco Nov 05 '20 at 12:16
I'm having the same issue , has anyone got the solution ? – Abdelrahman Bishr Feb 01 '21 at 18:05
for windows i had my library at C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\Lib\site-packages\opencv_python-4.3.0.38.dist-info – SoliQuiD Aug 25 '21 at 13:42

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 14 '20 at 21:54

In case of Ubuntu 20.04 and manual installation of OpenCV4, the python library path to be added to extraPaths is "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/cv2/python-3.8". Assuming -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local was used during cmake

Ex: "settings.json" (VScode)

{
"python.analysis.memory.keepLibraryAst": true,
"python.defaultInterpreterPath": "/usr/bin/python3",
"python.autoComplete.extraPaths": [
 "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/cv2/python-3.8"
]}

If you don't know where opencv is installed you can print `cv2.__file__` — Steinarr, Oct 09 '22 at 21:56

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 03 '21 at 15:07

@Karthik S was very helpful but I still couldn't make the intellisense work; adding

"python.jediEnabled": false,

Did the trick for me;

To sum up my settings.json file looks something like this:

{
"python.analysis.memory.keepLibraryAst": true,
"python.defaultInterpreterPath": "/usr/bin/python3",
"python.jediEnabled": false, 
"python.autoComplete.extraPaths": [
    
    "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/cv2/python-3.8"
],
"python.languageServer": "Microsoft"

}

Hope it solves Your problem. :)

VSCode autocomplete not working for OpenCV installed from source

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