No module named 'google.cloud' in Python [Solved]

# No module named 'google.cloud' in Python

To solve the Python "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'google.cloud'" error, install the specific google cloud module that you are importing, e.g. pip install google-cloud-speech if importing speech or pip install google-cloud-storage if importing storage.

no module named google cloud

Open your terminal in your project's root directory and install the specific Google Cloud module that you are importing module.

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# 👇️ installs speech
pip install google-cloud-speech

# 👇️ installs storage
pip install google-cloud-storage

# 👇️ installs bigquery
pip install google-cloud-bigquery

# 👇️ installs texttospeech
pip install google-cloud-texttospeech

# 👇️ installs Google Vertex AI
pip install google-cloud-aiplatform

# 👇️ installs Cloud Domains API
pip install google-cloud-domains

NOTE:, if you got the error: "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'googleapiclient'", run the following command instead.

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pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client
pip3 install --upgrade google-api-python-client

# 👇️ If you get a permissions error
pip install --upgrade --user google-api-python-client

# 👇️ If you don't have pip in your PATH environment variable
python -m pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client
python3 -m pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client
py -m pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client

# 👇️ For Anaconda
conda install -c conda-forge google-api-python-client

# 👇️ For Jupyter Notebook
!pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client

If you use the google-auth-httplib2 and google-auth-oauthlib packages, make sure to install them as well.

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pip install --upgrade google-auth-httplib2 google-auth-oauthlib
pip3 install --upgrade google-auth-httplib2 google-auth-oauthlib

python -m pip install --upgrade google-auth-httplib2 google-auth-oauthlib
python3 -m pip install --upgrade google-auth-httplib2 google-auth-oauthlib

The pypi page of google-api-python-client contains links to the documentation and the other Google API libraries.

The modules are consistently named google-cloud-* where the asterisk is the name of the module you are importing.

You have to adjust the pip install command depending on the module you are importing.

You can also google for "pypi google speech" and see the command that you have to run to install the module.

For example, after installing google-cloud-speech I can import it as follows:

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from google.cloud import speech

print(dir(speech))

# You might have to use pip3 instead of pip

If you are outside of a virtual environment, you might have to use pip3 instead of pip.

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# 👇️ Installs storage
pip3 install google-cloud-storage

# 👇️ If you get a permissions error
sudo pip3 install google-cloud-storage

If you don't have pip in your PATH environment variable, you can replace pip with python -m pip.

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# 👇️ If you don't have pip in your PATH environment variable
python -m pip install google-cloud-speech

# 👇️ For Python 3 (could also be pip3.10 depending on your version)
python3 -m pip install google-cloud-speech

Make sure to adjust the command if you aren't using the speech module.

# Common causes of the error

The error "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'google.cloud'" occurs for multiple reasons:

Not having the specific Google Cloud package installed.
Installing the package in a different Python version than the one you're using.
Installing the package globally and not in your virtual environment.
Your IDE running an incorrect version of Python.

The error "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'googleapiclient'" occurs for multiple reasons:

Not having the google-api-python-client package installed by running pip install google-api-python-client.
Installing the package in a different Python version than the one you're using.
Installing the package globally and not in your virtual environment.
Your IDE running an incorrect version of Python.
Naming your module googleapiclient.py which would shadow the official module.
Declaring a variable named googleapiclient which would shadow the imported variable.

If the error persists, get your Python version and make sure you are installing the package using the correct Python version.

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python --version

get python version

For example, my Python version is 3.10.4, so I would install the google-cloud-storage package with pip3.10 install google-cloud-storage.

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pip3.10 install google-cloud-storage

# 👇️ If you get a permissions error use pip3 (NOT pip3.X)
sudo pip3 install google-cloud-storage

Notice that the version number corresponds to the version of pip I'm using.

If the PATH for pip is not set up on your machine, replace pip with python3 -m pip:

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# 👇️ Make sure to use your version of Python, e.g. 3.10
python3 -m pip install google-cloud-storage

If the "No module named 'google.cloud'" error persists, try restarting your IDE and development server/script.

# Checking if you have the package installed

You can check if you have the specific google cloud package installed by running the pip show X command.

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# 👇️ Check if you have google-cloud-storage installed
pip show google-cloud-storage

# 👇️ If you don't have pip set up in PATH
python -m pip show google-cloud-storage

The pip show google-cloud-storage command will either state that the package is not installed or show a bunch of information about the package, including the location where the package is installed.

# Making sure your IDE uses the correct Python version

If the package is not installed, make sure your IDE is using the correct version of Python.

If you have multiple Python versions installed on your machine, you might have installed the google-cloud-* package using the incorrect version or your IDE might be set up to use a different version.

For example, In VSCode, you can press CTRL + Shift + P or (⌘ + Shift + P on Mac) to open the command palette.

Then type "Python select interpreter" in the field.

python select interpreter

Then Select the correct Python version from the dropdown menu.

select correct python version

Your IDE should be using the same version of Python (including the virtual environment) that you are using to install packages from your terminal.

# Installing the module in a virtual environment

If you are using a virtual environment, make sure you are installing the google cloud module in your virtual environment and not globally.

You can try creating a virtual environment if you don't already have one.

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# 👇️ Use the correct version of Python when creating VENV
python -m venv venv

# 👇️ Activate on Unix or MacOS
source venv/bin/activate

# 👇️ Activate on Windows (cmd.exe)
venv\Scripts\activate.bat

# 👇️ Activate on Windows (PowerShell)
venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

# 👇️ Install google-cloud-bigquery in your virtual environment
pip install google-cloud-bigquery

# 👇️ Install google-api-python-client in your virtual environment
pip install google-api-python-client

If the python -m venv venv command doesn't work, try the following 2 commands:

python -m venv venv
py -m venv venv

Your virtual environment will use the version of Python that was used to create it.

If the error persists, make sure you haven't named a module in your project as googleapiclient.py because that would shadow the original google-api-python-client module.

You also shouldn't be declaring a variable named googleapiclient as that would also shadow the original module.

# Reinstalling the module

If the error is not resolved, try to uninstall the module and then install it.

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# 👇️ Check if you have google-cloud-speech installed
pip show google-cloud-speech
python -m pip show google-cloud-speech

# 👇️ Uninstall google-cloud-speech
pip uninstall google-cloud-speech

# 👇️ If you don't have pip set up in PATH
python -m pip uninstall google-cloud-speech

# 👇️ Install google-cloud-speech
pip install google-cloud-speech

# 👇️ If you don't have pip set up in PATH
python -m pip install google-cloud-speech

Try restarting your IDE and development server/script.

You can also try to upgrade the version of the specific module.

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pip install google-cloud-speech --upgrade

# 👇️ If you don't have pip set up in PATH
python -m pip install google-cloud-speech --upgrade

If you got the error when using the google-api-python-client package, try to reinstall it as well.

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# 👇️ Check if you have google-api-python-client installed
pip show google-api-python-client
python -m pip show google-api-python-client

# 👇️ Uninstall google-api-python-client
pip uninstall google-api-python-client

# 👇️ If you don't have pip set up in PATH
python3 -m pip uninstall google-api-python-client

# 👇️ Install google-api-python-client
pip install google-api-python-client

# 👇️ If you don't have pip set up in PATH
python -m pip install google-api-python-client

If the error persists, I would suggest watching a quick video on how to use Virtual environments in Python.

This one is for using virtual environments (VENV) on Windows:

This one is for using virtual environments (VENV) on MacOS and Linux:

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No module named 'google.cloud' in Python [Solved]