Error "AttributeError 'collections' has no attribute 'Callable' " using Beautiful Soup

Question

I followed all steps to install Beautiful Soup, but it still comes out with this error:

AttributeError: module 'collections' has no attribute 'Callable'

Stacktrace

I am using Python 3.10.

Please, check [ask]. Don't post images of code, error, etc. Copy/paste as text. Provide [mre] of your code as well as any relevant info like python version. — buran, Oct 10 '21 at 12:24
It looks like BeautifulSoup does not support python3.10 yet. (In 3.10 the deprecated aliases to Collections Abstract Base Classes from the collections module were [removed](https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.10.html#removed)). . Downgrade your python version — buran, Oct 10 '21 at 12:30
i sort of understand the downvotes, but it's a good question. though not a pure programming question it's about programming environment so on-topic and the fix is not obvious. if there's no duplicate we need it. and i'd gladly upvote @buran's answer. i've proposed an edit — diggusbickus, Oct 10 '21 at 13:46
This *should* just work without issue on BeautifulSoup 4.6.1 or up (a release that was already 3 years old when this question was posted). — user2357112, Oct 13 '22 at 23:32
Please review *[Why not upload images of code/errors when asking a question?](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/285551/)* (e.g., *"Images should only be used to illustrate problems that* ***can't be made clear in any other way,*** *such as to provide screenshots of a user interface."*) and take the appropriate [action](https://stackoverflow.com/posts/69515086/edit) (it covers command-line input/output as well). Thanks in advance. — Peter Mortensen, Oct 21 '22 at 15:28

score 45 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 15 '22 at 15:30

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collections.Callable has been moved to collections.abc.Callable in python 3.10+. A hacky solution is to add the reference back to collections before importing the problem library.

import collections
collections.Callable = collections.abc.Callable

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup # for example

edited Dec 15 '22 at 15:30

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answered Jan 09 '22 at 12:58

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This hacking just works for me. Invoke the problem library after running these codes yield correct result for me. – tsh Jan 11 '22 at 08:00
This function removed(https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.10.html#removed) – alinajafi Jan 11 '22 at 14:29
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my code is a trick for use this function. (function moved to abc submodule ) – alinajafi Jan 11 '22 at 14:31

score 22 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 14 '22 at 16:49

This solution worked for me:

Navigate to Python310\Lib\site-packages\pyreadline in your file browser.
Open py3k_compat.py in an text editor.
Change the 8th line from which should be return isinstance(x, collections.Callable) to return isinstance(x, collections.abc.Callable).
Save, exit and then retry.

score 7 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 21 '22 at 15:40

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I got the same AttributeError.

Then I looked inside the Python lib → collections folder. It has ABCs (abstract base classes) made separately in version 3.3 and above.

So resolve the error by opening /bs4/elements.py in an editor and replace collections.callable with collections.abc.callable. Hence the callable attribute can be easily accessed.

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answered Dec 17 '21 at 08:51

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score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 21 '22 at 05:29

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Change "%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Python\Python310\Lib\site-ackages\pyreadline\py3k_compat.py" - 8th code as below: return isinstance(x, collections.abc.Callable)

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answered Jun 10 '22 at 05:10

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As it’s currently written, your answer is unclear. Please [edit] to add additional details that will help others understand how this addresses the question asked. You can find more information on how to write good answers [in the help center](/help/how-to-answer). – Community Jun 10 '22 at 15:49
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score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 02 '22 at 00:51

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You can uninstall the Python package pyreadline and install pyreadline3, which is an updated fork !

answered Nov 02 '22 at 00:51

mxrch

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This worked for me, today 2023-04-13, when getting this same error trying to use pdbpp. Just "pip uninstall pyreadline" then "pip install pyreadline3". Thank you! – khanfx Apr 13 '23 at 15:45

score 2 · Answer 6 · edited Oct 21 '22 at 15:32

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Beautiful Soup did not work with 3.10.

Reinstall with 3.9.

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answered Oct 22 '21 at 14:15

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Maybe that was a more appropriate name :-) – Peter Mortensen Oct 21 '22 at 15:32

score 0 · Answer 7 · edited Oct 21 '22 at 15:51

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I was getting the same error while trying to run manticore, but apparently none of the answers were answering Mac users. So if you are on Mac and getting the same error, you have got to navigate to

lib/python3.10/site-packages/wasm/types.py Line 246

and change

isinstance(cur_field, collections.Callable) to isinstance(cur_field, collections.abc.Callable)

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answered Aug 22 '22 at 09:19

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Why is it different? Due to using a different installer (not a rhetorical question)? [Homebrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrew_(package_manager))? Could it just be due to different Python versions (not a rhetorical question)? – Peter Mortensen Oct 21 '22 at 15:53

score 0 · Answer 8 · edited Oct 21 '22 at 15:55

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I had Beautiful Soup in a folder within the same folder as the Python program, as opposed to "installing" it.

So in that folder, I opened element.py and replaced all collections.Callable with collections.abc.Callable.

Python version 3.10.7

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answered Sep 13 '22 at 16:09

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What platform? A PC with [Linux](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux)? What distribution and version? [Windows](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows)? What edition and version? – Peter Mortensen Oct 21 '22 at 15:56
I don't recall, sorry. – AllBecomesGood Aug 11 '23 at 20:44

score 0 · Answer 9 · edited Oct 21 '22 at 15:59

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This error message indicates you have an old version of Beautiful Soup. The issue was already fixed back in Beautiful Soup 4.6.1, a release that came out in 2018. As of this writing, Beautiful Soup is up to version 4.11.1.

Update your Beautiful Soup, and the problem should be resolved.

edited Oct 21 '22 at 15:59

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answered Oct 13 '22 at 23:37

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Jul 20 '23 at 21:31

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instead of installing the zip folder of bs4, install it using your command prompt by typing: - pip install beautifulsoup4

answered Jul 20 '23 at 21:31

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Error "AttributeError 'collections' has no attribute 'Callable' " using Beautiful Soup

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