When import docx in python3.3 I have error ImportError: No module named 'exceptions'

Question

If you are using python 3x don't do pip install docx instead go for

pip install python-docx 

It is compatible with python 3.x

Official Documentation available here: https://pypi.org/project/python-docx/

When want to use import docx, be sure to install python-docx, not docx.You can install the module by running pip install python-docx.

The installation name docx is for a different module However,

when you are going to import the python-docx module, you’ll need to run import docx, not import python-docx.

if still you want to use docx module then:

First of all, you will need to make sure that the docx module is installed. If not then simply run pip install docx. If it shows '*requirement already satisfied*' then the solution is :

1. Go to the library to find docx.py file, you'll need to go to directory where you installed python then \Lib\site-packages\ and find docx.py file

2. Open docx.py file in text editor and find this code

   from exceptions import PendingDeprecationWarning
   

3. Replace the above code with

try:
    from exceptions import PendingDeprecationWarning
except ImportError:
    pass

4. Save the file
5. Now you can run import docx module in Python 3.x without any problem

1. Uninstall docx module with pip uninstall docx
2. Download python_docx-0.8.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl file from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/
3. Run pip install python_docx-0.8.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl to reinstall docx.

This solved the above import error smoothly for me.

You may be install docx, not python-docx

You can see this for install python-docx

http://python-docx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/install.html#install

If you're using python 3.x, Make sure you have both python-docx & docx installed.

Installing python-docx :

pip install python-docx

Installing docx :

pip install docx