Unable to import boto3 in python 2.7

Question

I've tried importing boto3 in python3 it's working, but i've tried boto3 in python2.7, it is throwing following error.

python3
Python 3.5.2 (v3.5.2:4def2a2901a5, Jun 26 2016, 10:47:25)
>>> import boto3
>>> exit()
$ python
Python 2.7.10 (default, Oct 23 2015, 19:19:21)
>>> import boto3
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named boto3

How we can make boto3 to work with python2.7 ?

Answer 1

Notice that packages are not shared between python versions. If you install a package in your python3.x local version, it doesn't mean the package will be installed in your python2.x local version...

First of all do the following:

pip freeze

If boto3 package isn't there, great! install it:

pip install boto3

if it is there then verify what pip is being used and make sure to use the pip linking to your python2.x version:

which pip

you can create a symlink to use pip for python2.7... or even better, use pyenv to manage your python versions and virtualenv to isolate your workspace for a given python version.

https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv

https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/

Answer 2

As answered already pip install boto3 will resolve this error. I would suggest using one version of Python (either 3 or 2) for your application. Even if the OS relies on python2, your application can make use of python3. Anyways, python2 EOL is 2020 - so python2 will slowly diminish.

Answer 3

I've created new virtual env and activated it. It is working good in New virtual env.

virtualenv path/to/my/virtual-env
source  path/to/my/virtual-env/bin/activate