[FIXED] ImportError: cannot import name 'Iterator' from 'typing_extensions'

Issue

When I try to install openai on my Google Colab, I get this error:

from openai import OpenAI


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ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-6-5ee9a4e68b89> in <cell line: 1>()
----> 1 from openai import OpenAI

5 frames
/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/openai/_utils/_streams.py in <module>
      1 from typing import Any
----> 2 from typing_extensions import Iterator, AsyncIterator
      3 
      4 
      5 def consume_sync_iterator(iterator: Iterator[Any]) -> None:

ImportError: cannot import name 'Iterator' from 'typing_extensions' (/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/typing_extensions.py)

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My details to reproduce:

Python 3.10.12

OS is Windows 11

typing_extensions is 4.9.0

Edit:

my typing_extensions details:

Solution

I found a related issue on OpenAI forum: https://community.openai.com/t/error-while-importing-openai-from-open-import-openai/578166/26

Credit to @Shannon-21

After navigating through the answers I found that I can change the import of the file that is trying to import Iterator from typing_extensions in this way (On Google Colab):

%%writefile /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/openai/_utils/_streams.py
from typing import Any
from typing_extensions import AsyncIterator
from typing import Iterator # import Iterator from the correct library

def consume_sync_iterator(iterator: Iterator[Any]) -> None:
    for _ in iterator:
        ...

async def consume_async_iterator(iterator: AsyncIterator[Any]) -> None:
    async for _ in iterator:
        ...

#output

After running the above code on my colab cell, I was able to use:

Link to answer : https://community.openai.com/t/error-while-importing-openai-from-open-import-openai/578166/27?u=rubeenatalha313

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