Can't import openai library after pip installation

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I’m having trouble with importing a Python package even though I installed it properly.

I used pip install openai to get the openai library on my computer. The installation seemed to work fine without any errors. I even tried installing it again in the same directory where my Python script is located.

But every time I try to run my script, I get this error: ImportError: No module named openai

Here’s my simple test code:

import openai

client_key = MY_API_KEY
openai.api_key = client_key

user_prompt = "Tell me this works"

api_response = openai.Completion.create(
    engine="text-davinci-002", 
    prompt=user_prompt, 
    max_tokens=10
)

print(api_response)

I’m not sure what’s going wrong here. The package should be available but Python can’t seem to find it. Any ideas what might be causing this import issue?

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Been there. Usually happens with multiple Python environments running around.

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Set up API calls directly in the platform without local installations or import errors. Drag in the OpenAI node, drop your API key, done. No more ImportError headaches.

Built-in error handling and easy chaining with other services. I moved most AI automation workflows there because it eliminates these problems.

Worth checking out if you want to skip the setup drama: https://latenode.com

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check if u have multiple python versions installed. sometimes pip installs to python3 but u’re running python2. try pip3 install openai and run ur script with python3. also heads up - that completion api’s deprecated now. u should switch to the newer chat completions api.