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import pandas_datareader gives ImportError: cannot import name 'is_list_like'

I am working in a virtual environment. I am able to import and work in pandas without any error but when I am trying to import pandas_datareader 

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import datetime as dt
from matplotlib import style
import pandas_datareader as web

it is giving following error -

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "stock.py", line 6, in <module>
    import pandas_datareader as web
  File "/home/xxxxx/django-apps/env/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas_datareader/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
    from .data import (DataReader, Options, get_components_yahoo,
  File "/home/xxxxx/django-apps/env/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas_datareader/data.py", line 14, in <module>
    from pandas_datareader.fred import FredReader
  File "/home/xxxxx/django-apps/env/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas_datareader/fred.py", line 1, in <module>
    from pandas.core.common import is_list_like
ImportError: cannot import name 'is_list_like'
(env) xxxxx@xxxxx-yyyyy ~/pyt $ python stock.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "stock.py", line 6, in <module>
    import pandas_datareader
  File "/home/xxxxx/django-apps/env/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas_datareader/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
    from .data import (DataReader, Options, get_components_yahoo,
  File "/home/xxxxx/django-apps/env/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas_datareader/data.py", line 14, in <module>
    from pandas_datareader.fred import FredReader
  File "/home/xxxxx/django-apps/env/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pandas_datareader/fred.py", line 1, in <module>
    from pandas.core.common import is_list_like
ImportError: cannot import name 'is_list_like'
Solution

  • I meet this error and I found a method to solve it. My pandas and pandas_datareader versions are 0.23 and 0.6.

    Python 3.6.5 (default, Apr  1 2018, 05:46:30)
[GCC 7.3.0] on linux
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>>> import pandas_datareader
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/pandas_datareader/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
    from .data import (DataReader, Options, get_components_yahoo,
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/pandas_datareader/data.py", line 14, in <module>
    from pandas_datareader.fred import FredReader
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/pandas_datareader/fred.py", line 1, in <module>
    from pandas.core.common import is_list_like
ImportError: cannot import name 'is_list_like'

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    Because the is_list_like is moved to pandas.api.types, I change the fred.py file which is highlighted in the picture. I replace from pandas.core.common import is_list_like with from pandas.api.types import is_list_like, and it works.

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