ImportError: cannot import name 'DiscussServiceAsyncClient' from partially initialized module 'google.ai.generativelanguage_v1beta.services.discuss_service'

[ddoddii]

Description of the bug:

• python : 3.11.5
• jupyter_server : 2.10.0

While running this python file in my local jupyter server, this error occurred.

import google.generativeai as genai
import os

genai.configure(api_key=os.environ["API_KEY"])

Below is the full error.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[20], line 1
----> 1 import google.generativeai as genai
      2 import os
      4 genai.configure(api_key=os.environ["API_KEY"])

File /opt/anaconda3/envs/Gemini-Env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/google/generativeai/__init__.py:45
     41 from __future__ import annotations
     43 from google.generativeai import version
---> 45 from google.generativeai import types
     46 from google.generativeai.types import GenerationConfig
     49 from google.generativeai.discuss import chat

File /opt/anaconda3/envs/Gemini-Env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/google/generativeai/types/__init__.py:17
      1 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
      2 # Copyright 2023 Google LLC
      3 #
   (...)
     13 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     14 # limitations under the License.
     15 """A collection of type definitions used throughout the library."""
---> 17 from google.generativeai.types.discuss_types import *
     18 from google.generativeai.types.model_types import *
     19 from google.generativeai.types.text_types import *

File /opt/anaconda3/envs/Gemini-Env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/google/generativeai/types/discuss_types.py:22
     19 from typing import Any, Dict, Union, Iterable, Optional, Tuple, List
     20 from typing_extensions import TypedDict
---> 22 import google.ai.generativelanguage as glm
     23 from google.generativeai import string_utils
     25 from google.generativeai.types import safety_types

File /opt/anaconda3/envs/Gemini-Env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/google/ai/generativelanguage/__init__.py:21
     16 from google.ai.generativelanguage import gapic_version as package_version
     18 __version__ = package_version.__version__
---> 21 from google.ai.generativelanguage_v1beta.services.discuss_service.async_client import (
     22     DiscussServiceAsyncClient,
     23 )
     24 from google.ai.generativelanguage_v1beta.services.discuss_service.client import (
     25     DiscussServiceClient,
     26 )
     27 from google.ai.generativelanguage_v1beta.services.generative_service.async_client import (
     28     GenerativeServiceAsyncClient,
     29 )

File /opt/anaconda3/envs/Gemini-Env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/google/ai/generativelanguage_v1beta/services/discuss_service/__init__.py:16
      1 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
      2 # Copyright 2023 Google LLC
      3 #
   (...)
     14 # limitations under the License.
     15 #
---> 16 from .async_client import DiscussServiceAsyncClient
     17 from .client import DiscussServiceClient
     19 __all__ = (
     20     "DiscussServiceClient",
     21     "DiscussServiceAsyncClient",
     22 )

File /opt/anaconda3/envs/Gemini-Env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/google/ai/generativelanguage_v1beta/services/discuss_service/async_client.py:38
     35 from google.auth import credentials as ga_credentials  # type: ignore
     36 from google.oauth2 import service_account  # type: ignore
---> 38 from google.ai.generativelanguage_v1beta import gapic_version as package_version
     40 try:
     41     OptionalRetry = Union[retries.AsyncRetry, gapic_v1.method._MethodDefault]

File /opt/anaconda3/envs/Gemini-Env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/google/ai/generativelanguage_v1beta/__init__.py:21
     16 from google.ai.generativelanguage_v1beta import gapic_version as package_version
     18 __version__ = package_version.__version__
---> 21 from .services.discuss_service import DiscussServiceAsyncClient, DiscussServiceClient
     22 from .services.generative_service import (
     23     GenerativeServiceAsyncClient,
     24     GenerativeServiceClient,
     25 )
     26 from .services.model_service import ModelServiceAsyncClient, ModelServiceClient

ImportError: cannot import name 'DiscussServiceAsyncClient' from partially initialized module 'google.ai.generativelanguage_v1beta.services.discuss_service' (most likely due to a circular import) (/opt/anaconda3/envs/Gemini-Env/lib/python3.10/site-packages/google/ai/generativelanguage_v1beta/services/discuss_service/__init__.py)

I installed google-gnerativeai via pip install google-generativeai and also ran pip install -q -U google-generativeai on my terminal.

It seems to work fine on google colab(python ver 3.10), but I don't know what's the problem here. The documents says it supports python 3.9, 3.10, 3.11 pypi google-ai-generativelanguage docs

Actual vs expected behavior:

expected: It should work fine. actual : circular import error

Any other information you'd like to share?

I tried python 3.10 locally, but still same circular import error. I also made new conda environment with no additional libraries installed, but still this error occurred.

No response

[obinnaeye]

I'm having this exact issue

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[22], line 2
      1 # listing all available models
----> 2 from google import generativeai
      3 # for model in genai.list_models():
      4 #     print(model.name)

File ~/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/google/generativeai/__init__.py:45
     41 from __future__ import annotations
     43 from google.generativeai import version
---> 45 from google.generativeai import types
     46 from google.generativeai.types import GenerationConfig
     49 from google.generativeai.discuss import chat

File ~/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/google/generativeai/types/__init__.py:17
      1 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
      2 # Copyright 2023 Google LLC
      3 #
   (...)
     13 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     14 # limitations under the License.
     15 """A collection of type definitions used throughout the library."""
---> 17 from google.generativeai.types.discuss_types import *
     18 from google.generativeai.types.model_types import *
     19 from google.generativeai.types.text_types import *

File ~/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/google/generativeai/types/discuss_types.py:22
     19 from typing import Any, Dict, Union, Iterable, Optional, Tuple, List
     20 from typing_extensions import TypedDict
---> 22 import google.ai.generativelanguage as glm
     23 from google.generativeai import string_utils
     25 from google.generativeai.types import safety_types

File ~/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/google/ai/generativelanguage/__init__.py:21
     16 from google.ai.generativelanguage import gapic_version as package_version
     18 __version__ = package_version.__version__
---> 21 from google.ai.generativelanguage_v1beta.services.discuss_service.async_client import (
     22     DiscussServiceAsyncClient,
     23 )
     24 from google.ai.generativelanguage_v1beta.services.discuss_service.client import (
     25     DiscussServiceClient,
     26 )
     27 from google.ai.generativelanguage_v1beta.services.generative_service.async_client import (
     28     GenerativeServiceAsyncClient,
     29 )

File ~/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/google/ai/generativelanguage_v1beta/services/discuss_service/__init__.py:16
      1 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
      2 # Copyright 2023 Google LLC
      3 #
   (...)
     14 # limitations under the License.
     15 #
---> 16 from .async_client import DiscussServiceAsyncClient
     17 from .client import DiscussServiceClient
     19 __all__ = (
     20     "DiscussServiceClient",
     21     "DiscussServiceAsyncClient",
     22 )

File ~/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/google/ai/generativelanguage_v1beta/services/discuss_service/async_client.py:38
     35 from google.auth import credentials as ga_credentials  # type: ignore
     36 from google.oauth2 import service_account  # type: ignore
---> 38 from google.ai.generativelanguage_v1beta import gapic_version as package_version
     40 try:
     41     OptionalRetry = Union[retries.AsyncRetry, gapic_v1.method._MethodDefault]

File ~/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/google/ai/generativelanguage_v1beta/__init__.py:21
     16 from google.ai.generativelanguage_v1beta import gapic_version as package_version
     18 __version__ = package_version.__version__
---> 21 from .services.discuss_service import DiscussServiceAsyncClient, DiscussServiceClient
     22 from .services.generative_service import (
     23     GenerativeServiceAsyncClient,
     24     GenerativeServiceClient,
     25 )
     26 from .services.model_service import ModelServiceAsyncClient, ModelServiceClient

ImportError: cannot import name 'DiscussServiceAsyncClient' from partially initialized module 'google.ai.generativelanguage_v1beta.services.discuss_service' (most likely due to a circular import) (/home/obinna/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/google/ai/generativelanguage_v1beta/services/discuss_service/__init__.py)

[Andy963]

which version? can you show more details: the minimal reproduce code snippet

[MarkDaoust]

I've seen this, but don't have steps to reproduce it.

I think this had something to do with the namespace package configuration: https://github.com/google-gemini/generative-ai-python/commit/b28f2d1395d888fe149a031afbec359e1b523f8e

Does this still happen for anyone, with newer versions?

[eminucer]

I had the exact same issue today. I was trying to run the code on a .ipynb file. What worked for me was to restart the Jupyter kernel. I guess I was getting this error after installing some packages (like grpcio) required by google-generativeai, and restarting the kernel somehow fixed the issue. Hope this can help others as well. (Python 3.12.3)

[markmcd]

Could folks supply a minimal repro so we can troubleshoot this one?

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