Error "Could not load Boto's S3 bindings."

Question

I have followed the very terse guide provided for django-storages, transitioned from local file storage, and have come up against this exception:

Could not load Boto's S3 bindings.

settings.py

DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.s3boto.S3BotoStorage'
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = "xxxxxx"
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = "xxxxxxxxx"
AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = "images"

models.py

class CameraImage(models.Model):
...
image = models.ImageField(upload_to='images')#get_image_path)

What does that exception mean? How do I fix it?

duplicate here too: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13374247/django-storages-could-not-load-amazons-s3-bindings-errors/44728875#44728875 — MrE, Sep 13 '17 at 16:35

score 35 · Accepted Answer · answered May 13 '12 at 20:21

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From looking at the source code, it appears you need to have the python-boto library installed. This is also mentioned in the documentation you link to.

answered May 13 '12 at 20:21

Brian Neal

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Thanks! This saved me a bunch of time. – Ryan Walton Sep 13 '14 at 14:37
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If you use `storages.backends.s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage` instead of `storages.backends.s3boto.S3BotoStorage`, you will need both `boto` and `boto3` to be installed. – Flimm Feb 21 '17 at 09:17

score 14 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 22 '14 at 12:11

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There's been an update it's now "pip install boto"

answered Apr 22 '14 at 12:11

JamesJGarner

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Nowadays it's "boto3" – Nostalg.io Jan 22 '18 at 11:29

Error "Could not load Boto's S3 bindings."

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