Why can't I import requests in VS Code?

Question

I want to use request module, but whenever I tried to import requests I got this message:

import "requests" could not be resolved from source Pylance

I already used pip to install the requests module, but I still receive this error message.

Answer 1

Have you made sure that you have installed the module by running

pip install requests

or

pip3 install requests

Additionally, you can tell VS Code to use different Python-interpreter in your system. I e.g. had the same problem, that VS Code code check gave me the warning, that I don't have the module requests installed, but when I run the python script it worked anyhow. That's why I believe that the python code check in VS Code can use different Python versions and related python packages than your system use when you run the code.

What helped me in order to get rid of the VS Code error message, choosing a different Python from here:

Answer 2

Try choosing the python interpreter manually. Choose view - select interpreter - enter interpreter path - choose the python folder - app then python application. This should work

Answer 3

I got the same error and solved it with this:

import pip._vendor.requests 

Answer 4

If you are experiencing this problem on Windows, look at the installed extensions. I had this problem on both of my Windows machines. I noted that I had two extensions installed: Pylance & Intellisense (Pylance). Uninstalling Pylance and keeping intellisense (Pylance) solved the problem.