Hello everyone! I’m developing a Discord bot for my club’s server to manage meeting schedules, and I’m facing an import error. I found this bot on GitHub, but when I run it, I encounter an ImportError indicating that it cannot import the configuration variables.
Here’s the exact error message I’m getting:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:/Users/jp518/OneDrive/Documents/vscode/main.py", line 9, in <module>
from config import (
ImportError: cannot import name 'imap_host'
This is the main part of my bot code:
import os
import email
import discord
import asyncio
from aioimaplib import aioimaplib
from selectolax.parser import HTMLParser
from config import (
imap_host,
user,
passwd,
mail_channel_id,
token,
)
intents = discord.Intents.default()
client = discord.Client(intents=intents)
imap_host = imap_host.split(":")
# Function to extract text from HTML
# Other functions and event handlers follow...
And here’s my config file:
imap_host = "imap.gmail.com:993"
user = "[email protected]"
passwd = "mypassword"
mail_channel_id = my_channel_id
token = "my_token"
As a beginner in coding, I might be overlooking something straightforward. Any suggestions on what might be the issue?
check if your config.py file actually saved - vs code doesn’t always auto-save and you might end up with an empty or corrupted file. try restarting your terminal too. i’ve run into caching issues where python keeps reading the old version of the file.
This seems like a classic module resolution issue. Python is locating your config module but is unable to find the ‘imap_host’ variable inside it. Check for any invisible characters or encoding issues within config.py, as copying code from GitHub can sometimes introduce problematic characters that interfere with variable names. Additionally, ensure there are no import statements at the top of config.py that might be causing it not to load correctly. You could also add a simple print statement at the start of config.py to confirm that the module is being executed when you try to import it.
I encountered a similar situation when working on my Discord bot. The ImportError often stems from the file path. Ensure that your config.py file is located in the same directory as your main.py. If there’s an init.py in the folder, it might interfere with imports, so verify its content. Additionally, check your config.py for any syntax errors, as even a minor mistake can prevent correct importing. Finally, make sure you are executing the script from the directory that contains both files, as Python needs the correct path to resolve imports.