ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'openai'

[Tom_Hack]

Hello everyone,

First of all, I'm quite a newbie to Python, so this question might seem a bit trivial.
But unfortunately I can't get any further :?:

As the subject says, I get the following error message when I try to import the “openai” module:

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'openai'

The version of Python and also where openai is installed should match, both 3.12 (I start via spyder):

C:\Users\XXXXXXXX>where openai
C:\Users\XXXXXXXX\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Scripts\openai.exe

C:\Users\XXXXXXXX>where python
C:\Users\XXXXXXXX\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\python.exe
C:\Users\XXXXXXXX\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python.exe

I dont use VE and have no issues to use

import webbrowser
import request

I have already searched the net and tried to get it running via uninstall openai, pip install --upgrade pip, pip install --upgrade pip.
Previously I had a second Python version (3.13), but I uninstalled it, so right now I only have 3.12 left.

The option via

import sys
print(sys.path)

+

sys.path.append('/path/to/openai')

I also found it, but I admit that I don't know to which path exactly I should append the /to/openai.
My main folder seems to be here: C:\\Users\\XXXX\\anaconda3\\

Should it look like this in the end, or am I completely wrong here?
C:\\Users\\XXXX\\anaconda3\\to\\openai

Thank you very much!

[snippsat]

Python 3.12 and Anaconda is different version and has nothing in common.
Both will work and you should not append path or anything like that,
advisable to use virtual environment(can show how this in done) and with Anaconda is required to activate a environment.

Do this from command line(cmd) just to check that all works post output,then i can help with install.
Also see that py works,it install always when install Python.

C:\Users>cd ..

C:\>python --version
Python 3.12.2

C:\>pip --version
pip 24.0 from C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.12)

C:\>py --version
Python 3.13.0

# py will list all installed 
C:\>py --list
 -V:3.13 *        Python 3.13 (64-bit)
 -V:3.12          Python 3.12 (64-bit)
 -V:3.11          Python 3.11 (64-bit)
 -V:3.9           Python 3.9 (64-bit)
 -V:3.8           Python 3.8 (64-bit)
 -V:3.7-32        Python 3.7 (32-bit)
 -V:3.6-32        Python 3.6 (32-bit)
 -V:3.4-32        Python 3.4-32
 -V:2.7-32        Python 2.7-32
 -V:2.1-32        Python 2.1-32
 -V:ContinuumAnalytics/Anaconda39-64 Anaconda py39_4.9.2
 -V:ContinuumAnalytics/Anaconda37-64 Anaconda 4.7.12
 -V:ContinuumAnalytics/Anaconda36-32 Anaconda 4.3.14

C:\>\Python312

[Tom_Hack]

Python 3.12 and Anaconda is different version and has nothing in common.
Both will work and you should not append path or anything like that,
advisable to use virtual environment(can show how this in done) and with Anaconda is required to activate a environment.

Do this from command line(cmd) just to check that all works post output,then i can help with install.
Also see that py works,it install always when install Python.

C:\Users>cd ..

C:\>python --version
Python 3.12.2

C:\>pip --version
pip 24.0 from C:\Python312\Lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.12)

C:\>py --version
Python 3.13.0

# py will list all installed 
C:\>py --list
 -V:3.13 *        Python 3.13 (64-bit)
 -V:3.12          Python 3.12 (64-bit)
 -V:3.11          Python 3.11 (64-bit)
 -V:3.9           Python 3.9 (64-bit)
 -V:3.8           Python 3.8 (64-bit)
 -V:3.7-32        Python 3.7 (32-bit)
 -V:3.6-32        Python 3.6 (32-bit)
 -V:3.4-32        Python 3.4-32
 -V:2.7-32        Python 2.7-32
 -V:2.1-32        Python 2.1-32
 -V:ContinuumAnalytics/Anaconda39-64 Anaconda py39_4.9.2
 -V:ContinuumAnalytics/Anaconda37-64 Anaconda 4.7.12
 -V:ContinuumAnalytics/Anaconda36-32 Anaconda 4.3.14

C:\>\Python312

Hello snippsat,

i did the cmd commands.

C:\Users>cd..

C:\>python --version
Python 3.12.0

C:\>pip --version
pip 25.0.1 from C:\Users\XXXX\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.12)

C:\>py --version
Python 3.12.0

C:\>py --list
 -V:3.12 *        Python 3.12 (64-bit)

[snippsat]

Look ok,follow this.

# Make 
C:\code>python -m venv openapi_env

# Cd in
C:\code>cd openapi_env

# Activate
C:\code\openapi_env>C:\code\openapi_env\Scripts\activate

# Install
(openapi_env) C:\code\openapi_env>pip install openapi
Collecting openapi
.....

Problem some guy has make this openapi same name stupid🔨
So it install this wrong version.

Do this install from Github directly.

(openapi_env) C:\code\openapi_env>pip install git+https://github.com/openai/open
ai-python.git
 ....
Successfully built openai
Installing collected packages: sniffio, pydantic-core, jiter, idna, h11, distro,
 colorama, certifi, annotated-types, tqdm, pydantic, httpcore, anyio, httpx, ope
nai
Successfully installed annotated-types-0.7.0 anyio-4.9.0 certifi-2025.1.31 color
ama-0.4.6 distro-1.9.0 h11-0.14.0 httpcore-1.0.7 httpx-0.28.1 idna-3.10 jiter-0.
9.0 openai-1.66.5 pydantic-2.10.6 pydantic-core-2.27.2 sniffio-1.3.1 tqdm-4.67.1

# Test that it works 
(openapi_env) C:\code\openapi_env>python
Python 3.12.2 (tags/v3.12.2:6abddd9, Feb  6 2024, 21:26:36) [MSC v.1937 64 bit (
AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from openai import OpenAI
>>>

For editor eg VS Code,i start from folder like this(code .) then it find virtual environment.

(openapi_env) C:\code\openapi_env>code .