bug: Getting "dotenv" could not be resolved error

[Pradumnasaraf]

• Getting Import "dotenv" could not be resolved Pylance (reportMissingImports) again and again, although it is not affecting in development and running of the program, sometimes it can be annoying.

[bbc2]

Hi, thanks for reporting this issue. We've seen similar reports in the past but so far I don't think any of them has ever shown that Python-dotenv itself was the cause of the issue. Do you have any reason to believe this is something we can fix in Python-dotenv?

[thatguylor]

Hi there, i just faced the exact same issue as you, what helped me was to include # .env at the header of your .env file, i realized at least that VScode was able to recognize the dotenv namespace. And the import error should be gone.

[diegotco]

Same issue here :(

[SeverumYu]

Same

[Cliciaf]

Consegui resolver com: sudo pip3 install python-dotenv

[BraveVN]

Consegui resolver com: sudo pip3 install python-dotenv

I'm on Windows 10, CMD runs as Admin didn't work

[wnowicki]

Same here. It's definitely installed in venv and even the system.

[jacksonpradolima]

Same issue

[Rishat-Ver]

Тщже самое

[jrledezma]

same here

[BraveVN]

For those who come to this topic, I figured out that I need to setup a virtual environment (It's a basic for Python, I'm a Nodejs-based so I don't know anything about virtual env). You can see the instruction here: https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html.

Then put all of your codebase into that new venv folder → activate the virtual env → install packages and it works.

Make sure to activate the virtual env every time you install package and run the code.