# cannot import name PlayBook in python

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-import-name-playbook-in-python/32280>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [February 20, 2020, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-import-name-playbook-in-python/32280 "2020-02-20T06:03:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sagar\_Mujumale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Sagar\_Mujumale](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sagar_Mujumale)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-import-name-playbook-in-python/32280/1 "2020-02-20T06:03:15Z")

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I am trying to execute ansible playbook by python script however I am getting below error.

from ansible.playbook import PlayBook  
ImportError: cannot import name PlayBook

My script is as below,

from ansible.playbook import PlayBook

pb = PlayBook(playbook=‘gitlab.yml’)

pb.run()

Sagar Mujumale  
Cloud Analyst, PaaS Operations