web3.py: Python 3.11 ImportError: cannot import name 'getargspec' from 'inspect'

Version: Fresh install from pip
Python: 3.11
OS: OSX Ventura 13.0 - 2021 Apple Macbook Pro 13 - M1 Chip 16gb Memory
pip freeze output

aiodns==3.0.0
aiohttp==3.8.3
aiosignal==1.2.0
anyio==3.6.2
async-timeout==4.0.2
attrs==22.1.0
base58==2.1.1
bitarray==2.6.0
certifi==2022.9.24
cffi==1.15.1
charset-normalizer==2.1.1
cytoolz==0.12.0
eth-abi==2.2.0
eth-account==0.5.9
eth-hash==0.5.0
eth-keyfile==0.5.1
eth-keys==0.3.4
eth-rlp==0.2.1
eth-typing==2.3.0
eth-utils==1.9.5
frozenlist==1.3.1
h11==0.12.0
hexbytes==0.3.0
httpcore==0.15.0
httpx==0.23.0
idna==3.4
ipfshttpclient==0.8.0a2
jsonschema==4.16.0
lru-dict==1.1.8
multiaddr==0.0.9
multidict==6.0.2
netaddr==0.8.0
numpy==1.23.4
pandas==1.5.1
parsimonious==0.8.1
protobuf==3.19.5
pycares==4.2.2
pycparser==2.21
pycryptodome==3.15.0
pyrsistent==0.18.1
python-dateutil==2.8.2
pytz==2022.5
requests==2.28.1
rfc3986==1.5.0
rlp==2.0.1
six==1.16.0
sniffio==1.3.0
toolz==0.12.0
urllib3==1.26.12
varint==1.0.2
web3==5.31.1
websocket-client==1.4.1
websockets==9.1
wsaccel==0.6.4
yarl==1.8.1

What was wrong?

Failed to import module in Python 3.11

How can it be fixed?

Unsure. Included full logs below

>>> from web3 import Web3

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/code.py", line 90, in runcode
    exec(code, self.locals)
  File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Applications/PyCharm CE.app/Contents/plugins/python-ce/helpers/pydev/_pydev_bundle/pydev_import_hook.py", line 21, in do_import
    module = self._system_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/wise/PycharmProjects/headline-trader/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/web3/__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
    from eth_account import (
  File "/Applications/PyCharm CE.app/Contents/plugins/python-ce/helpers/pydev/_pydev_bundle/pydev_import_hook.py", line 21, in do_import
    module = self._system_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/wise/PycharmProjects/headline-trader/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/eth_account/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from eth_account.account import (
  File "/Applications/PyCharm CE.app/Contents/plugins/python-ce/helpers/pydev/_pydev_bundle/pydev_import_hook.py", line 21, in do_import
    module = self._system_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/wise/PycharmProjects/headline-trader/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/eth_account/account.py", line 59, in <module>
    from eth_account.messages import (
  File "/Applications/PyCharm CE.app/Contents/plugins/python-ce/helpers/pydev/_pydev_bundle/pydev_import_hook.py", line 21, in do_import
    module = self._system_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/wise/PycharmProjects/headline-trader/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/eth_account/messages.py", line 26, in <module>
    from eth_account._utils.structured_data.hashing import (
  File "/Applications/PyCharm CE.app/Contents/plugins/python-ce/helpers/pydev/_pydev_bundle/pydev_import_hook.py", line 21, in do_import
    module = self._system_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/wise/PycharmProjects/headline-trader/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/eth_account/_utils/structured_data/hashing.py", line 9, in <module>
    from eth_abi import (
  File "/Applications/PyCharm CE.app/Contents/plugins/python-ce/helpers/pydev/_pydev_bundle/pydev_import_hook.py", line 21, in do_import
    module = self._system_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/wise/PycharmProjects/headline-trader/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/eth_abi/__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
    from eth_abi.abi import (  # NOQA
  File "/Applications/PyCharm CE.app/Contents/plugins/python-ce/helpers/pydev/_pydev_bundle/pydev_import_hook.py", line 21, in do_import
    module = self._system_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/wise/PycharmProjects/headline-trader/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/eth_abi/abi.py", line 1, in <module>
    from eth_abi.codec import (
  File "/Applications/PyCharm CE.app/Contents/plugins/python-ce/helpers/pydev/_pydev_bundle/pydev_import_hook.py", line 21, in do_import
    module = self._system_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/wise/PycharmProjects/headline-trader/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/eth_abi/codec.py", line 16, in <module>
    from eth_abi.decoding import (
  File "/Applications/PyCharm CE.app/Contents/plugins/python-ce/helpers/pydev/_pydev_bundle/pydev_import_hook.py", line 21, in do_import
    module = self._system_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/wise/PycharmProjects/headline-trader/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/eth_abi/decoding.py", line 14, in <module>
    from eth_abi.base import (
  File "/Applications/PyCharm CE.app/Contents/plugins/python-ce/helpers/pydev/_pydev_bundle/pydev_import_hook.py", line 21, in do_import
    module = self._system_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/wise/PycharmProjects/headline-trader/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/eth_abi/base.py", line 7, in <module>
    from .grammar import (
  File "/Applications/PyCharm CE.app/Contents/plugins/python-ce/helpers/pydev/_pydev_bundle/pydev_import_hook.py", line 21, in do_import
    module = self._system_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/wise/PycharmProjects/headline-trader/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/eth_abi/grammar.py", line 4, in <module>
    import parsimonious
  File "/Applications/PyCharm CE.app/Contents/plugins/python-ce/helpers/pydev/_pydev_bundle/pydev_import_hook.py", line 21, in do_import
    module = self._system_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/wise/PycharmProjects/headline-trader/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/parsimonious/__init__.py", line 9, in <module>
    from parsimonious.grammar import Grammar, TokenGrammar
  File "/Applications/PyCharm CE.app/Contents/plugins/python-ce/helpers/pydev/_pydev_bundle/pydev_import_hook.py", line 21, in do_import
    module = self._system_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/wise/PycharmProjects/headline-trader/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/parsimonious/grammar.py", line 14, in <module>
    from parsimonious.expressions import (Literal, Regex, Sequence, OneOf,
  File "/Applications/PyCharm CE.app/Contents/plugins/python-ce/helpers/pydev/_pydev_bundle/pydev_import_hook.py", line 21, in do_import
    module = self._system_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/wise/PycharmProjects/headline-trader/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/parsimonious/expressions.py", line 9, in <module>
    from inspect import getargspec
ImportError: cannot import name 'getargspec' from 'inspect' (/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/inspect.py)

About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 2 years ago
Reactions: 11
Comments: 15 (1 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

solved… goto => site-packages/parsimonious/expressions.py and change import line to say… from inspect import getfullargspec

+81

wiseman2 on Dec 1, 2022

If you installed web3.py through pip, it still won’t work while the update is being approved. Run pip uninstall web3 to uninstall the old version, and run pip install git+https://github.com/ethereum/web3.py.git to install the new version off GitHub.

+34

thegamebegins25 on Jan 2, 2023

If you installed web3.py through pip, it still won’t work while the update is being approved. Run pip uninstall web3 to uninstall the old version, and run pip install git+https://github.com/ethereum/web3.py.git to install the new version off GitHub.

Now this works for me. Thanks 😃

0xACE3 on Jan 2, 2023

3.11 support is on the way with PR #2699, give us a bit to get that wrapped up and merged. Please reopen if you’re still having problems after it’s officially supported.

pacrob on Nov 2, 2022

I face the same error. Unable to import from web3 and gives this error message. Using python 3.11 as well.

sramasub on Nov 2, 2022

try to downgrade to a lower python version, i used python 3.7.6 to avoid the problem

khrousdevil on Nov 5, 2022

add this line for python 3.11 from inspect import getfullargspec as getargspec

PaveenPaul on Nov 23, 2023