Custom Python Package Install getting "ERROR: Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: Exceeded 30 redirects."

Question

I'm trying to create a private python package that can be used across several business projects. However, to start with something simple, I'm following this tutorial . It seems straightforward, but I'm getting an error. I've pushed the sample package code (toolbox) to my BitBucket repo. Then, on my Mac's command terminal, I navigated to my (base) python (miniconda) environment and tried to install the package like this:

pip install https://myaccount@bitbucket.org/myteam/toolbox.git

When I do this I get the following error:

ERROR: Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: Exceeded 30 redirects.

Normally when I pull code from this BitBucket account I need to either do it with an SSH key or use a password. Is this error related to that?

Regardless, how can I get this custom private package to download/install from BitBucket without this error?

Answer 1

This answer is a formalized version of the comments below the question. You forgot to include the git+ in the pip install command. If you want to use HTTP use a command like:

pip install git+https://myaccount@bitbucket.org/myteam/toolbox.git

If you want to use SSH use a command like

pip install git+ssh://git@bitbucket.org/myteam/toolkit.git

See supporting documentation here