No module named 'social' about social-app-django

[chidimo]

I am encountering same issue.

Exception Type: | ModuleNotFoundError
Exception Value: | No module named 'social'

I have upgraded to latest version, still same error.

So I tried to install social, but then the process led to an endless series of installs. Each package I installed led to a new missing package.
So far I've installed the following
pip install social
pip install splinter
pip install networkx
pip install gmane
pip install lxml
pip install numpy

Now the missing package is parsedatetime. I just stopped. But why was this issue closed without any resolution offered? Not even a link or a comment or any such thing.

Finally I got my login working by doing pip install python-social-auth.

The documentation of social-auth-app-django doesn't even mention such a thing.

[omab]

@coler-j, @diegotejadav: python-social-auth is the old and deprecated library, by doing that you are using code that's old and not maintained anymore. The import error is report is very likely caused by settings that still point to the old library instead of the new one, some options to correct this:

1. Update any backend in AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS that still reads social.backends to be social_core.backends
2. Update any SOCIAL setting that points to social.apps.django.* to be social_django.*

[coler-j]

I also just ran into this issue. Weird. Never seen this before and I have been using this library alot. First time with Django 2.0.5 and python 3.6.5 though. I just had social-auth-app-django in my requirements and also needed to add python-social-auth and then it works.

[thattejada]

@chidimo, your solution worked for me! thanks a lot! 😄

pip install python-social-auth

[omab]

@diegotejadav, the new library is the one you are currently posting comments on, social-app-django.

I don't have examples for DRF.

[adiguno]

I encountered the same error.
After pip installing social, it lead to a series of other 'no module' errors.
It ended with "ImportError: No module named 'mass' ", to which pip install doesn't work.
Why was this closed?

[thattejada]

@omab, and what's the new library I can use? I don't want to be using old ones.
One more thing, have you some example of using OAuth 2 with Django Rest Framework, but once again... an updated source, not an deprecated one.
Thanks for your answer.

[thattejada]

@omab jaja!, I'm sorry, thank you so much!