Fail: AttributeError: module 'collections' has no attribute 'Container'

Question

I try to start python-pptx, but I have Error:

AttributeError: module 'collections' has no attribute 'Container'
in File "...\lib\site-packages\pptx_init_.py", line 14

Use Python 3.10, python-pptx (0.6.21), lxmx (4.6.3).

Please, help me.

Please include the full stack trace. – scanny Oct 06 '21 at 15:39 — scanny, Oct 06 '21 at 15:39

score 29 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 09 '22 at 19:35

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It's a known issue for Python 3.10 as discussed in this issue. The workaround is to import both modules collections and collections.abc before importing pptx. For example:

import collections 
import collections.abc
from pptx import Presentation

This should resolve this error

edited Jan 09 '22 at 19:35

Jossef Harush Kadouri

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answered Jan 08 '22 at 10:12

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I am not seeing the collections in pypi.org. What is the pip install? – Shane S Jul 27 '23 at 22:40

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 07 '21 at 09:05

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Problem solved, i chanched python 3.10 to python 3.9.

answered Oct 07 '21 at 09:05

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It would be better to add this as a comment or an edit to your question. – Masoud Rahimi Oct 07 '21 at 09:07
Right. As I said in the GitHub Issue, it makes me wonder what needs to change in python-pptx to support 3.10. – Martin Packer Oct 07 '21 at 12:08
sometimes you can't switch python version – Jossef Harush Kadouri Jan 09 '22 at 19:37

Fail: AttributeError: module 'collections' has no attribute 'Container'

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