Python 2.7.9 install requests on windows

Question

I keep trying to install requests, but every time I do it starts, then gives me this error. Is there any way I can get around this or fix this error so that I can use requests?

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\basecommand.py", line 122, in main
    status = self.run(options, args)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\commands\install.py", line 278, in run
    requirement_set.prepare_files(finder, force_root_egg_info=self.bundle, bundle=self.bundle)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\req.py", line 1265, in prepare_files
    req_to_install.extras):
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources.py", line 2291, in requires
    dm = self._dep_map
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources.py", line 2484, in _dep_map
    self.__dep_map = self._compute_dependencies()
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources.py", line 2508, in _compute_dependencies
    parsed = next(parse_requirements(distvers))
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources.py", line 45, in <lambda>
    next = lambda o: o.next()
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources.py", line 2605, in parse_requirements
    line, p, specs = scan_list(VERSION,LINE_END,line,p,(1,2),"version spec")
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources.py", line 2573, in scan_list
    raise ValueError("Expected "+item_name+" in",line,"at",line[p:])
ValueError: ('Expected version spec in', 'charset-normalizer ~=2.0.0', 'at', ' ~=2.0.0')

Storing debug log for failure in C:\Users\l--l\pip\pip.log

I have gotten into the files correctly but I cannot seem to get it to download requests.

Answer 1

1. if you use pycharm try to downlaod it from there isntead of cmd, so going into the pycharm terminal and pasting "pip install requests"

or you did something wrong when installing python. Uninstall python, and then redownload it. Make sure, that you click the box "Add python to.PATH"

i had the same problem, a bit ago, i would really appreciate it if you would go to my profile and try to help me with my most recent problem:)

Answer 2

Re-Install pip

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/2.7/get-pip.py --output get-pip.py
python2.7 get-pip.py

Install requests

python2.7 -m pip install requests

OR Manual install

git clone git://github.com/psf/requests.git
cd requests
python2.7 -m pip install .