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Joe_Trouble
New member | Level 2
1 year ago

No module named 'dropbox.exceptions'; 'dropbox' is not a package

Using the example provided on github ''backup-and-restore-example.py". when trying to run it, it says No module named 'dropbox.exceptions'; 'dropbox' is not a package.  it shows the same error with "from dropbox.files import WriteMode"

not virtual enviroment 

py version: 3.11.5

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  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    1 year ago

    Do you have a file named "dropbox.py"? If so, Python would try to import that instead of the actual Dropbox package. In that case, rename or remove that file and try again.

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