Python-docx: Document can't import

[HumbleBuggie]

I tried import Document function from docx after installation but it throws import error.
when i import docx alone it works.

"from docx import Document" throws error.

docx version - 0.2.4
Python 2.7.3

[scanny]

For whoever might find this on search, this error is raised when trying to use the python-docx v0.3.0+ API on docx v0.2.x or prior versions.

The solution, assuming you want to use the newer version, is to uninstall the docx package and install python-pptx, perhaps something like this:

$ pip uninstall docx
$ pip install python-docx

[HumbleBuggie]

Yes thanks Scanny, that is what i did exactly and solved it yesterday.

[outluch]

Hello, i had the same problem ImportError: cannot import name Document
My problem was in my file name: docx.py :D
Changed it and deleted __pycache__ directory and docx.pyc from my folder and now all is ok!

[hitzkrieg]

I am having the same Import error.
I didn't have docx or python-docx earlier.
I tried both of them (leaving the other uninstalled), but I am still getting the error.

[anshajgoel]

@hitzkrieg - Me too

[hitzkrieg]

I think it is from corenlp_xml.document import Document
On 08-Jun-2017 1:39 PM, "Anshaj Goel" [e-mail] wrote:

@hitzkrieg https://github.com/hitzkrieg - Me too

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[jonasty19]

@scanny Thank you, I did exactly as you suggested and it solved the problem.

Uninstalled docx and installed python-docx.

[dmoonat]

@scanny I am still getting error..please help

[addyag93]

I am getting the following error while installing python-docx
pip install python-docx

 Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e4/83/c66a1934ed5ed8ab1dbb9931f1779079f8bca0f6bbc5793c06c4b5e7d671/python-docx-0.8.10.tar.gz
Requirement already satisfied: lxml>=2.3.2 in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages (from python-docx)
Installing collected packages: python-docx
  Running setup.py install for python-docx ... error
    Complete output from command /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/private/var/folders/0c/v_yb4q7n2h3fg94rlfrr165r0000gn/T/pip-build-fDOKCT/python-docx/setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /var/folders/0c/v_yb4q7n2h3fg94rlfrr165r0000gn/T/pip-_QsXvN-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile:
    running install
    running build
    running build_py
    creating build
    creating build/lib
    creating build/lib/docx
    copying docx/package.py -> build/lib/docx
    copying docx/compat.py -> build/lib/docx
    copying docx/blkcntnr.py -> build/lib/docx
    copying docx/__init__.py -> build/lib/docx
    copying docx/section.py -> build/lib/docx
    copying docx/shared.py -> build/lib/docx
    copying docx/api.py -> build/lib/docx
    copying docx/document.py -> build/lib/docx
    copying docx/settings.py -> build/lib/docx
    copying docx/exceptions.py -> build/lib/docx
    copying docx/shape.py -> build/lib/docx
    copying docx/table.py -> build/lib/docx
    creating build/lib/docx/oxml
    copying docx/oxml/coreprops.py -> build/lib/docx/oxml
    copying docx/oxml/simpletypes.py -> build/lib/docx/oxml
    copying docx/oxml/__init__.py -> build/lib/docx/oxml
    copying docx/oxml/ns.py -> build/lib/docx/oxml
    copying docx/oxml/section.py -> build/lib/docx/oxml
    copying docx/oxml/shared.py -> build/lib/docx/oxml
    copying docx/oxml/numbering.py -> build/lib/docx/oxml
    copying docx/oxml/document.py -> build/lib/docx/oxml
    copying docx/oxml/styles.py -> build/lib/docx/oxml
    copying docx/oxml/settings.py -> build/lib/docx/oxml
    copying docx/oxml/exceptions.py -> build/lib/docx/oxml
    copying docx/oxml/shape.py -> build/lib/docx/oxml
    copying docx/oxml/table.py -> build/lib/docx/oxml
    copying docx/oxml/xmlchemy.py -> build/lib/docx/oxml
    creating build/lib/docx/opc
    copying docx/opc/package.py -> build/lib/docx/opc
    copying docx/opc/coreprops.py -> build/lib/docx/opc
    copying docx/opc/compat.py -> build/lib/docx/opc
    copying docx/opc/oxml.py -> build/lib/docx/opc
    copying docx/opc/constants.py -> build/lib/docx/opc
    copying docx/opc/__init__.py -> build/lib/docx/opc
    copying docx/opc/spec.py -> build/lib/docx/opc
    copying docx/opc/shared.py -> build/lib/docx/opc
    copying docx/opc/packuri.py -> build/lib/docx/opc
    copying docx/opc/phys_pkg.py -> build/lib/docx/opc
    copying docx/opc/exceptions.py -> build/lib/docx/opc
    copying docx/opc/pkgreader.py -> build/lib/docx/opc
    copying docx/opc/part.py -> build/lib/docx/opc
    copying docx/opc/rel.py -> build/lib/docx/opc
    copying docx/opc/pkgwriter.py -> build/lib/docx/opc
    creating build/lib/docx/dml
    copying docx/dml/color.py -> build/lib/docx/dml
    copying docx/dml/__init__.py -> build/lib/docx/dml
    creating build/lib/docx/enum
    copying docx/enum/style.py -> build/lib/docx/enum
    copying docx/enum/__init__.py -> build/lib/docx/enum
    copying docx/enum/section.py -> build/lib/docx/enum
    copying docx/enum/text.py -> build/lib/docx/enum
    copying docx/enum/shape.py -> build/lib/docx/enum
    copying docx/enum/table.py -> build/lib/docx/enum
    copying docx/enum/dml.py -> build/lib/docx/enum
    copying docx/enum/base.py -> build/lib/docx/enum
    creating build/lib/docx/image
    copying docx/image/tiff.py -> build/lib/docx/image
    copying docx/image/gif.py -> build/lib/docx/image
    copying docx/image/constants.py -> build/lib/docx/image
    copying docx/image/jpeg.py -> build/lib/docx/image
    copying docx/image/__init__.py -> build/lib/docx/image
    copying docx/image/png.py -> build/lib/docx/image
    copying docx/image/bmp.py -> build/lib/docx/image
    copying docx/image/exceptions.py -> build/lib/docx/image
    copying docx/image/helpers.py -> build/lib/docx/image
    copying docx/image/image.py -> build/lib/docx/image
    creating build/lib/docx/styles
    copying docx/styles/style.py -> build/lib/docx/styles
    copying docx/styles/latent.py -> build/lib/docx/styles
    copying docx/styles/__init__.py -> build/lib/docx/styles
    copying docx/styles/styles.py -> build/lib/docx/styles
    creating build/lib/docx/parts
    copying docx/parts/story.py -> build/lib/docx/parts
    copying docx/parts/__init__.py -> build/lib/docx/parts
    copying docx/parts/numbering.py -> build/lib/docx/parts
    copying docx/parts/hdrftr.py -> build/lib/docx/parts
    copying docx/parts/document.py -> build/lib/docx/parts
    copying docx/parts/styles.py -> build/lib/docx/parts
    copying docx/parts/settings.py -> build/lib/docx/parts
    copying docx/parts/image.py -> build/lib/docx/parts
    creating build/lib/docx/text
    copying docx/text/run.py -> build/lib/docx/text
    copying docx/text/__init__.py -> build/lib/docx/text
    copying docx/text/font.py -> build/lib/docx/text
    copying docx/text/tabstops.py -> build/lib/docx/text
    copying docx/text/parfmt.py -> build/lib/docx/text
    copying docx/text/paragraph.py -> build/lib/docx/text
    creating build/lib/docx/oxml/text
    copying docx/oxml/text/run.py -> build/lib/docx/oxml/text
    copying docx/oxml/text/__init__.py -> build/lib/docx/oxml/text
    copying docx/oxml/text/font.py -> build/lib/docx/oxml/text
    copying docx/oxml/text/parfmt.py -> build/lib/docx/oxml/text
    copying docx/oxml/text/paragraph.py -> build/lib/docx/oxml/text
    creating build/lib/docx/opc/parts
    copying docx/opc/parts/coreprops.py -> build/lib/docx/opc/parts
    copying docx/opc/parts/__init__.py -> build/lib/docx/opc/parts
    creating build/lib/docx/templates
    copying docx/templates/default-header.xml -> build/lib/docx/templates
    copying docx/templates/default-settings.xml -> build/lib/docx/templates
    copying docx/templates/default-footer.xml -> build/lib/docx/templates
    error: can't copy 'docx/templates/default-docx-template': doesn't exist or not a regular file

    ----------------------------------------
Command "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/private/var/folders/0c/v_yb4q7n2h3fg94rlfrr165r0000gn/T/pip-build-fDOKCT/python-docx/setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /var/folders/0c/v_yb4q7n2h3fg94rlfrr165r0000gn/T/pip-_QsXvN-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in /private/var/folders/0c/v_yb4q7n2h3fg94rlfrr165r0000gn/T/pip-build-fDOKCT/python-docx/

[scanny]

@addyag93 Please don't post to closed issues. See #594 for solution to this problem.

[Ramkumar68]

I don't know what is problem for you but for me same problem because stupid reason that I create a file docx.py with in same directory than all other program getting this error.

[TheEngineeredSelf]

For whoever might find this on search, this error is raised when trying to use the python-docx v0.3.0+ API on docx v0.2.x or prior versions.

The solution, assuming you want to use the newer version, is to uninstall the docx package and install python-pptx, perhaps something like this:

$ pip uninstall docx
$ pip install python-docx

I'm working through the "Automate the Boring Stuff" text from No Starch and was completely stuck. Thanks!

[markwkiehl]

Same exact situation happened to me. Wasted an entire afternoon. Thanks for posting the solution.

[markwkiehl]

You cannot have "docx" in the name of your .py file.

On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 6:09 AM isailaandrei [e-mail]
wrote:

Hey, I have the same error, but I've installed the python-docx (see
screenshot). Not sure what to try.

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