cannot import name 'open' from 'smart_open'

Question

I was doing this and got this error :

from gensim.models import Word2Vec

ImportError: cannot import name 'open' from 'smart_open' (C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\smart_open\__init__.py)

Then I did this :

import smart_open
dir(smart_open)

['BZ2File','BytesIO','DEFAULT_ERRORS','IS_PY2','P','PATHLIB_SUPPORT','SSLError','SYSTEM_ENCODING','Uri','__builtins__','__cached__','__doc__','__file__','__loader__','__name__','__package__','__path__','__spec__','boto','codecs','collections','gzip','hdfs','http','importlib','io','logger','logging','os','pathlib','pathlib_module','requests','s3','s3_iter_bucket','six','smart_open','smart_open_hdfs','smart_open_http','smart_open_lib','smart_open_s3','smart_open_webhdfs','sys','urlparse','urlsplit','warnings','webhdfs']

As you can see there is no 'open' in it so how should I solve this. I tried to install different versions and I upgraded all version too.

Prasanth Kumar · Answer 1 · 2020-06-17T20:45:35.960

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I also got the same error. I resolved it by updating the smart_open to version 2.0.0.

conda install smart_open==2.0.0

or

pip install smart_open==2.0.0.

edited Jun 17 '20 at 20:45

answered Jun 16 '20 at 13:54

Prasanth Kumar

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score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 28 '21 at 02:46

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import smart_open
smart_open.open = smart_open.smart_open
from gensim.models import Word2Vec

Works well.

answered Feb 28 '21 at 02:46

Shooter

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This worked for me. – Jakov Gl. Dec 20 '21 at 23:36

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 04 '20 at 07:02

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I got the same error, and I solved this error by upgrading the smart_open to the latest version:

conda update smart_open

or

pip install --upgrade smart_open

answered Nov 04 '20 at 07:02

Po-Yu Kao

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Mina L. · Answer 4 · 2020-07-24T15:51:56.313

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\lib\site-packages\gensim\utils.py in <module>
     43 from six.moves import range
     44 
---> 45 from smart_open import open
     46 
     47 from multiprocessing import cpu_count

ImportError: cannot import name 'open'

Same issue for me with smart_open 2.1.0 and gensim 3.8.3. Also after down and upgrading.

edited Jul 24 '20 at 15:51

answered Jul 24 '20 at 15:42

Mina L.

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 25 '20 at 03:18

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In C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\gensim\utils.py, I simply changed from smart_open import open to from smart_open import smart_open and it worked.

answered Dec 25 '20 at 03:18

Saurabh Kumar

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score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Feb 19 '21 at 13:42

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got the same problem.

in gensim/utils.py:

change:

from smart_open import open

to:

from smart_open import open

then replace open with smart_open in the file, reason:

seems that smart_open change the function name from open to smart_open

edited Feb 19 '21 at 13:42

svyat1s

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answered Feb 19 '21 at 07:30

lovemekillme

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It looks like you said that we should change a line to . . . a 100% identical line. – Non-Contradiction Apr 13 '21 at 17:42

score 0 · Answer 7 · edited Jul 10 '21 at 22:23

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Start with

conda update smart_open

if it doesn't work go to gensim/utils.py

and replace

from smart_open import open

to

from smart_open import open

edited Jul 10 '21 at 22:23

Sven Eberth

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answered Jul 09 '21 at 23:41

james mashiyane

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I think you forget to change the ___ to ___ line. – Abhishek Prajapat Jul 10 '21 at 08:19

cannot import name 'open' from 'smart_open'

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