Why do I get an ImportError when I try to import the beautifulsoup module? Can somebody help, please?

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When I use the code "from bs4 import beautifulsoup as bs" I get the following ImportError: ImportError with a directory: cannot import name 'BeautifulSoup4' from 'bs4' (C:\Users.........anaconda3\lib\site-packages\bs4_init_.py)

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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 03 '21 at 04:15

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Have you already installed beautifulsoup4 module?? if not please firstly install the module..

pip install beautifulsoup4

answered Oct 03 '21 at 04:15

Tariq Ahmed

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Yes, I did install it and restart my computer. – Ansumana Korleh Oct 03 '21 at 05:04
@AnsumanaKorleh ok try to import correctly now ```from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as bs``` – Tariq Ahmed Oct 03 '21 at 05:11

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 03 '21 at 04:27

Make sure that module is already installed.

>>> import bs4

If the module is not installed, you will seethis error ModuleNotFoundError

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'bs4'
>>>

Install the module with pip

pip install beautifulsoup4

Import the module correctly..

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as bs

Why do I get an ImportError when I try to import the beautifulsoup module? Can somebody help, please?

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