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NameError: name 'openai' is not defined

I have the following code in my flask_app.py file:

import openai

from flask import Flask, render_template, request, session import
flask import requests

app = Flask(__name__)

openai.api_key = <my API key>

When I try to run my webapp, I get the following in the error log:

Error running WSGI application 2023-08-07 09:10:59,998: NameError:
name 'openai' is not defined 2023-08-07 09:10:59,998:   File
"/var/www/mariaia_pythonanywhere_com_wsgi.py", line 16, in <module>
2023-08-07 09:10:59,998:     from flask_app import app as application 
# noqa 2023-08-07 09:10:59,999:  2023-08-07 09:10:59,999:   File "/home/mariaia/mysite/flask_app.py", line 2, in     module> 2023-08-07
09:10:59,999:     openai.api_key = <my API key>

Any suggestions on how I can fix this?

mariaia | 8 posts | Aug. 7, 2023, 12:56 p.m. | permalink

I think you just need to install the openai module for the version of Python that you are using for your website -- eg. pip3.10 install openai if you're using Python 3.10.

Staff giles | 11788 posts | PythonAnywhere staff | Aug. 7, 2023, 6:06 p.m. | permalink

Thanks. I tried that, but it did not work.

I ran:

18:22 ~ $ python --version
Python 3.10.5
04:09 ~ $ pip3.10.5 install openai
bash: pip3.10.5: command not found

04:10 ~ $ pip3.10 install openai
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Looking in links: /usr/share/pip-wheels
Requirement already satisfied: openai in ./.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (0.27.8)
Requirement already satisfied: requests>=2.20 in /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from openai) (2.28.1)
Requirement already satisfied: tqdm in /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from openai) (4.62.3)
Requirement already satisfied: aiohttp in ./.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from openai) (3.8.5)
Requirement already satisfied: urllib3<1.27,>=1.21.1 in /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from requests>=2.20->openai) (1.26.9)
Requirement already satisfied: idna<4,>=2.5 in /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from requests>=2.20->openai) (3.3)
Requirement already satisfied: charset-normalizer<3,>=2 in /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from requests>=2.20->openai) (2.1.0)
Requirement already satisfied: certifi>=2017.4.17 in /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from requests>=2.20->openai) (2022.6.15)
Requirement already satisfied: frozenlist>=1.1.1 in ./.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from aiohttp->openai) (1.4.0)
Requirement already satisfied: attrs>=17.3.0 in /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from aiohttp->openai) (21.4.0)
Requirement already satisfied: aiosignal>=1.1.2 in ./.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from aiohttp->openai) (1.3.1)
Requirement already satisfied: multidict<7.0,>=4.5 in ./.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from aiohttp->openai) (6.0.4)
Requirement already satisfied: async-timeout<5.0,>=4.0.0a3 in /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from aiohttp->openai) (4.0.2)
Requirement already satisfied: yarl<2.0,>=1.0 in ./.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from aiohttp->openai) (1.9.2)

And got the same error message.

I'm running python 3.10.5.

mariaia | 8 posts | Aug. 8, 2023, 4:18 a.m. | permalink

Could you try printing "sys.path" in that file? Then you can see where it looks for modules, and check that openai is installed in the right location.

Staff nkahr | 219 posts | PythonAnywhere staff | Aug. 8, 2023, 9:51 a.m. | permalink

Thank you.

In my flask_app.py (Python3.10) console:

>>> import sys
>>> print(sys.path)
['.', '/bin', '/usr/local/lib/python310.zip', '/usr/local/lib/python3.10', '/usr/local/lib/python3.10/lib-dynload', '/home/mariaia/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages', '/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages']

Does that give you the info you need? (Sorry, I'm a linux newbie)

mariaia | 8 posts | Aug. 8, 2023, 10:45 a.m. | permalink

Did you try to execute import openai in that console?

Staff pafk | 2973 posts | PythonAnywhere staff | Aug. 8, 2023, 3:26 p.m. | permalink

Thanks.

I just ran

import openai

In my Python3.10 console.

I'm not seeing any errors in my error.log now, but when I try to open the web page, http://mariaia.pythonanywhere.com/ I'm still getting a 404 Not Found error.

mariaia | 8 posts | Aug. 8, 2023, 6:09 p.m. | permalink

Actually, I think the 404 error is because of other issues in my setup, so this item is resolved.

Thank you for your help!

mariaia | 8 posts | Aug. 9, 2023, 7:16 a.m. | permalink

Glad you figured that out!

Staff pafk | 2973 posts | PythonAnywhere staff | Aug. 9, 2023, 8:44 a.m. | permalink