Boto3 error with logging handler

Question

I am getting this error when I try to import the boto3 library. I have installed boto3 1.4.1 and also tried downgrading to 1.3.1 and still I am getting this below error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "storage.py", line 1, in <module>
    import boto3
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/boto3/__init__.py", line 16, in <module>
    from boto3.session import Session
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/boto3/session.py", line 17, in <module>
    import botocore.session
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/botocore/__init__.py", line 22, in <module>
    class NullHandler(logging.Handler):
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'Handler'

Answer 1

I've found that this can happen when a file named logging.py exists in the same directory as your Python script ( storage.py ). This is because Boto3 tries to import the logging module, but it imports logging.py instead.

To fix, move or rename logging.py , or move your Python script.