Error "ImportError: cannot import name 'ApiClient' from 'grobid_client.client'". Not solved by method in issue #80

[dmcalli2]

When I run

python3 -m grobid_client.grobid_client --input Prtot_000.pdf --output test.json

I get the following error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
File "", line 88, in _run_code
File "/home/dvdmcllstr/grobid_client_python/grobid_client/grobid_client.py", line 27, in
from .client import ApiClient
ImportError: cannot import name 'ApiClient' from 'grobid_client.client' (/home/dvdmcllstr/.local/share/r-miniconda/lib/python3.12/site-packages/grobid_client/client.py). Did you mean: 'Client'?

I have read issue #80 which has a similar error message and tried

pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall grobid-client

but this hasn't removed the error.
Can anyone advise please.

I am running the grobid servier - http://localhost:8070/api/isalive returns true and I can see an uploaded pdf on the http://localhost:8070/.

I am running ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS inside WSL2.

[lfoppiano]

There are more than one library for grobid, and this is very confusing, this repository refers to the library called grobid-client-python

[lfoppiano]

@dmcalli2 did you solve the issue?

[dmcalli2]

Thanks for asking. I switched to docker and that worked.

[lfoppiano]

Wasn't the issue with the library name?

If all is good feel free to close the issue

[dmcalli2]

Thanks. No. That didn't solve the problem. I'll close it though as it worked very well with docker. Sent from Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>

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