{"record":{"id":"b65991d08fe5207d","repo":"Fosowl/agenticSeek","slug":"str-e-a-import-related-to-provider-self-provid","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"{str(e)}\nA import related to provider {self.provider_name} was not found. Is it installed ?","messagePattern":"(.+?)\nA import related to provider (.+?) was not found\\. Is it installed \\?","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"ModuleNotFoundError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"sources/llm_provider.py","lineNumber":92,"sourceCode":"        return url, True\n\n    def respond(self, history, verbose=True):\n        \"\"\"\n        Use the choosen provider to generate text.\n        \"\"\"\n        llm = self.available_providers[self.provider_name]\n        self.logger.info(f\"Using provider: {self.provider_name} at {self.server_ip}\")\n        try:\n            thought = llm(history, verbose)\n        except KeyboardInterrupt:\n            self.logger.warning(\"User interrupted the operation with Ctrl+C\")\n            return \"Operation interrupted by user. REQUEST_EXIT\"\n        except ConnectionError as e:\n            raise ConnectionError(f\"{str(e)}\\nConnection to {self.server_ip} failed.\")\n        except AttributeError as e:\n            raise NotImplementedError(f\"{str(e)}\\nIs {self.provider_name} implemented ?\")\n        except ModuleNotFoundError as e:\n            raise ModuleNotFoundError(\n                f\"{str(e)}\\nA import related to provider {self.provider_name} was not found. Is it installed ?\")\n        except Exception as e:\n            if \"try again later\" in str(e).lower():\n                return f\"{self.provider_name} server is overloaded. Please try again later.\"\n            if \"refused\" in str(e):\n                return f\"Server {self.server_ip} seem offline. Unable to answer.\"\n            raise Exception(f\"Provider {self.provider_name} failed: {str(e)}\") from e\n        return thought\n\n    def is_ip_online(self, address: str, timeout: int = 10) -> bool:\n        \"\"\"\n        Check if an address is online by sending a ping request.\n        \"\"\"\n        if not address:\n            return False\n        parsed = urlparse(address if address.startswith(('http://', 'https://')) else f'http://{address}')\n\n        hostname = parsed.hostname or address","sourceCodeStart":74,"sourceCodeEnd":110,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/Fosowl/agenticSeek/blob/ae57a2357745a9706cb12d0fd76d954c84d166fa/sources/llm_provider.py#L74-L110","documentation":"In Provider.respond (sources/llm_provider.py:92), a ModuleNotFoundError raised inside a provider function is re-raised with the message 'A import related to provider <name> was not found. Is it installed ?'. The library wraps it to tell the user that a Python package required by the selected provider is missing from the environment.","triggerScenarios":"A provider function performs a lazy import that fails, e.g. 'from huggingface_hub import InferenceClient' (huggingface_fn), 'from together import Together' (together_fn), 'from anthropic import Anthropic' (anthropic_fn), 'from dsk.api import ...' (dsk_deepseek), or 'import litellm' (litellm_fn), while respond() is dispatching that provider.","commonSituations":"Running in a virtualenv or Docker container where optional provider packages weren't installed; installing with pip while the app runs with a different Python interpreter; a fresh clone where only core requirements were installed; deployment images trimmed of cloud SDKs.","solutions":["Install the missing module named in the error text, e.g. pip install anthropic / together / huggingface_hub / litellm.","Confirm pip installs into the same interpreter running the app (python -m pip install ... or activate the correct venv).","If running in Docker, rebuild the image so the new dependency is baked in, and check DOCKER_INTERNAL_URL-era images include optional provider extras.","Check for a missing transitive dependency: install the provider's package with its extras (e.g. pip install 'litellm[proxy]')."],"exampleFix":"// before\n$ python main.py  # ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'anthropic'\n// after\n$ pip install anthropic\n$ python main.py","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"import importlib.util\n\nPROVIDER_MODULES = {\n    'huggingface': 'huggingface_hub',\n    'together': 'together',\n    'anthropic': 'anthropic',\n    'litellm': 'litellm',\n    'dsk_deepseek': 'dsk',\n}\n\ndef assert_provider_installed(provider_name: str):\n    mod = PROVIDER_MODULES.get(provider_name)\n    if mod and importlib.util.find_spec(mod) is None:\n        raise SystemExit(\n            f\"Provider '{provider_name}' needs package '{mod}'. \"\n            f\"Install it with: pip install {mod}\"\n        )","typeGuard":"def is_module_available(name: str) -> bool:\n    import importlib.util\n    try:\n        return importlib.util.find_spec(name) is not None\n    except (ImportError, ValueError):\n        return False","tryCatchPattern":"try:\n    res = provider.respond(history)\nexcept ModuleNotFoundError as e:\n    print(f\"Missing dependency: {e.name}. Run: pip install {e.name}\")\n    sys.exit(1)","preventionTips":["Install all provider extras up front (pip install -r requirements.txt plus optional provider packages you plan to use).","Always install with the same interpreter that runs the app: python -m pip install ...","In Docker, add provider packages to the image and rebuild rather than pip-installing at runtime.","Validate required packages at startup (find_spec check) instead of failing mid-conversation."],"tags":["python","import-error","missing-dependency"],"backgroundTag":"module-not-found","analyzedSha":"ae57a2357745a9706cb12d0fd76d954c84d166fa","analyzedAt":"2026-08-30T02:49:05.834Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-30T03:17:51.788Z"}