Error using etree in lxml

Question

I want to use xpath in python . I tried

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

Since this library has limited usage I had to use lxml after a long session of search on google. I had several problems during installation and finally i installed lxml but when i use

from lxml import etree

it throws back an error as below. could you please tell me the solution to this problem!!!

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module>
from lxml import etree
ImportError: DLL load failed: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.

Can any1 tell me what the problem would be?? Thanks for assistance!!

Answer 1

I know that's late to say this... But may help someone someday..

I use the following code to solve the exact same problem here

python -m pip uninstall lxml
python -m pip install lxml==3.6.0

Answer 2

I solved this by downloading the 64-bit version of lxml here:

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/lxml/3.4.1

lxml-3.4.1.win-amd64-py2.7.exe

It's the only one that worked to solve the win32 error. You might want to destroy the old version of lxml before you do this.

Answer 3

Since you mentioned you had to fight with lxml to get it to install, it's hard to say where in that process this error might've cropped up.

Are you installing lxml to your default installation of Python or somewhere else? If you're installing to your default installation, one of the .exe options from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/lxml/3.2.0 might be your best bet. I, too, have had to fight with lxml in some cases but those .exe options are the easiest way I've found.

If you are trying to install lxml to some other Python installation, I'd suggest using a .egg file along with setup tools. Sadly, the most recent .egg files I can find for lxml are for 2.3 but you can get them here https://botbot.me/freenode/kivy/