Installed selenium with pip, folder is in site-packages, using correct interpreter, but still cannot import (Win10, Python 3.10.9)

Question

I'm trying to use selenium, but can't get python to recognize it.

I installed it first using "pip install selenium" and "pip install webdriver-manager". It is in the folder "C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\Lib\site-packages\selenium", but I get the error "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'selenium'" when I try to import it.(https://i.stack.imgur.com/dVplU.png) (https://i.stack.imgur.com/wiREJ.png)

Here it is shown as installed with the command "pip list" (https://i.stack.imgur.com/QhOu7.png)

I also tried uninstalling it and reinstalling with flags that I saw some people say worked, but it didn't make a difference. (https://i.stack.imgur.com/VTTMU.png)

I only have one python interpreter version installed, 3.10 (so only one python folder, "Python310"). I have pandas in the same site-packages folder which I can import and use no problem.

If anyone knows what the issue might be, please let me know. I can't figure it out for the life of me.

from the first screenshot it looks like Visual Studio Code has the wrong interpreter. You should click on where it says "3.10.9 64-bit (microsoft store)" on the bottom and point it to the python interpreter you *have* installed, the one in "AppData\Local" — mlg556, Feb 08 '23 at 22:30
@mlg556 When I tried to change interpreters, only the one labeled (microsoft store) was in the list. I solved the issue by uninstalling that version and reinstalling from the python website. — monkey2k, Feb 08 '23 at 23:03

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 08 '23 at 22:59

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Okay, I solved the issue by completely uninstalling the interpreter which I got from the Microsoft Store and reinstalling it from the official Python website. Now "from selenium import webdriver" works.

answered Feb 08 '23 at 22:59

monkey2k

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 08 '23 at 22:31

Somehow selenium installed in the global scope is not getting recognized within the Virtual Environment of VS Code / PyCharm.

Solution

You need to install Selenium within the Virtual Environment.

Within the Terminal execute the command:

pip install -U selenium

Installed selenium with pip, folder is in site-packages, using correct interpreter, but still cannot import (Win10, Python 3.10.9)

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