ImportError: cannot import name 'Mapping' from 'collections' (C:\Python310\lib\collections\__init__.py)

[dev-SR]

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "D:\CSE\Programs\Selenium\run.py", line 8, in <module>
    from PyInquirer import prompt, print_json
  File "C:\Users\soiko\.virtualenvs\Selenium-nB22m_OD\lib\site-packages\PyInquirer\__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
    from prompt_toolkit.token import Token
  File "C:\Users\soiko\.virtualenvs\Selenium-nB22m_OD\lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\__init__.py", line 16, in <module>
    from .interface import CommandLineInterface
  File "C:\Users\soiko\.virtualenvs\Selenium-nB22m_OD\lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\interface.py", line 19, in <module>
    from .application import Application, AbortAction
  File "C:\Users\soiko\.virtualenvs\Selenium-nB22m_OD\lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\application.py", line 8, in <module>
    from .key_binding.bindings.basic import load_basic_bindings
  File "C:\Users\soiko\.virtualenvs\Selenium-nB22m_OD\lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\key_binding\bindings\basic.py", line 9, in <module>
    from prompt_toolkit.renderer import HeightIsUnknownError
  File "C:\Users\soiko\.virtualenvs\Selenium-nB22m_OD\lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\renderer.py", line 11, in <module>
    from prompt_toolkit.styles import Style
  File "C:\Users\soiko\.virtualenvs\Selenium-nB22m_OD\lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\styles\__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
    from .from_dict import *
  File "C:\Users\soiko\.virtualenvs\Selenium-nB22m_OD\lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\styles\from_dict.py", line 9, in <module>
    from collections import Mapping
ImportError: cannot import name 'Mapping' from 'collections' (C:\Python310\lib\collections\__init__.py)

[SultanGabriel]

Getting the same error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\sulta\Desktop\mon\cli-test2.py", line 2, in
from PyInquirer import prompt, print_json
File "C:\Users\sulta\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\PyInquirer_init_.py", line 6, in
from prompt_toolkit.token import Token
File "C:\Users\sulta\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit_init_.py", line 16, in
from .interface import CommandLineInterface
File "C:\Users\sulta\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\interface.py", line 19, in
from .application import Application, AbortAction
File "C:\Users\sulta\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\application.py", line 8, in
from .key_binding.bindings.basic import load_basic_bindings
File "C:\Users\sulta\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\key_binding\bindings\basic.py", line 9, in
from prompt_toolkit.renderer import HeightIsUnknownError
File "C:\Users\sulta\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\renderer.py", line 11, in
from prompt_toolkit.styles import Style
File "C:\Users\sulta\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\styles_init_.py", line 8, in
from .from_dict import *
File "C:\Users\sulta\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\styles\from_dict.py", line 9, in
from collections import Mapping
ImportError: cannot import name 'Mapping' from 'collections' (C:\Users\sulta\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\collections_init_.py)

[Pankti77Dave]

Getting the same error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "d:\python-proj\test.py", line 2, in
from PyInquirer import prompt
File "D:\python\lib\site-packages\PyInquirer_init_.py", line 6, in
from prompt_toolkit.token import Token
File "D:\python\lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit_init_.py", line 16, in
from .interface import CommandLineInterface
File "D:\python\lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\interface.py", line 19, in
from .application import Application, AbortAction
File "D:\python\lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\application.py", line 8, in
from .key_binding.bindings.basic import load_basic_bindings
File "D:\python\lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\key_binding\bindings\basic.py", line 9, in
from prompt_toolkit.renderer import HeightIsUnknownError
File "D:\python\lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\renderer.py", line 11, in
from prompt_toolkit.styles import Style
File "D:\python\lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\styles_init_.py", line 8, in
from .from_dict import *
File "D:\python\lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\styles\from_dict.py", line 9, in
from collections import Mapping
ImportError: cannot import name 'Mapping' from 'collections' (D:\python\lib\collections_init_.py)

[uysalserkan]

Temp. solution is to downgrade your python version to the correct one.

Edit: Python 3.7 is working well.

[signup-input]

For Python 3.10.5, change line in file: ...\.venv\Lib\site-packages\prompt_toolkit\styles\from_dict.py
from:
from collections import Mapping to from collections.abc import Mapping.

[minidarkmimi]

Such modifications are meaningless, and it is impossible to manually modify each node during automated deployment

[S4nd3sh]

I completely agree with @minidarkmimi

It is not elegant or feasible in some cases to update site-packages and change the installed code to make it all work.

The latest commit on the Repo works and just needs to be updated on PyPi.
Workaround: Install from Github directly instead of PyPi.

In my case I added this directly in setup.py as a requirement for my own library.

'pyInquirer @ git+https://github.com/CITGuru/PyInquirer.git#7637373429bec66788650cda8091b7a6f12929ee'

[jstafford5380]

Is there a release for this inbound yet? I just installed recently and still have the issue.

[Volko61]

Also get this issue