Google App Engine ImportError：未命名模块

Question

I am creating a Python Web App in Google App engine. When I

sudo pip install

a third party library and then try to import it, I get the error 'ImportError: No module named x'. Where x is the name of that library. In my case as an example: Boto, Boto3, Fask etc.

If I go into shell in GAE and type python >> import X the library can be used inside the python environment. When deploying the app though or running the app in the virtaul server in Google App Engine I get the module import error.

• I even tried methods like: python >> import sys >> sys.path.insert(0, "path_here")
• export PYTHONPATH and selected where those libraries are located

I even followed several Q&A here in Stackoverflow without any success, can somebody please give me a proper way to fix the import error in Google App Engine?

FYI

• I am not using any local environment in my pc, I am working directly through the GAE bash console, the launch code editor in GAE and I am running the command dev_appserver.py $PWD
• When I do

pip freeze

I can see that the modules are currently installed and deployed on the GAE virtual environment. Is there a problem with my path? What's the best approach to make GAE load my already installed third party libraries.

UPDATE: Importing the library directly on the python shell from Google App Engine works just fine. Importing the library on my python app index.py file results in the error. Python import directly from Shell Python import to the index.py file

Answer 1

Though this is an old thread, adding this answer now:

Run command : gcloud components list

This will show the different components installed and not in your environment.

Install app-engine-python components if not installed:

gcloud components install app-engine-python

gcloud components install app-engine-python-extras

If it doesn't work:

In Windows, uninstall and download and install Google-sdk (check the python version you need). Delete all the files the installer ask you to delete in the last step and run the gcloud component commands again.