# Getting 'open\_url' cannot import error **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Tags:** galaxy-ng\ **Created:** [November 11, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-open-url-cannot-import-error/10834 "2024-11-11T16:45:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![glowrimore](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/glowrimore/32/5407_2.png) [@glowrimore](https://forum.ansible.com/u/glowrimore)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-open-url-cannot-import-error/10834/1 "2024-11-11T16:45:21Z")
I have a python (v3.12.x) installation of Ansible, ansible-core, ansible-galaxy, etc. and I am unable to make any calls to ‘open\_url’ or ‘get\_url’ either directly or indirectly through another task that may call these two utilities. ansible [core 2.17.6] config file = /home/greggl/.ansible.cfg configured module search path = [‘/home/greggl/.ansible/plugins/modules’, ‘/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’] ansible python module location = /home/greggl/.pyenv/versions/3.12.4/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible ansible collection location = /home/greggl/.ansible/collections/ansible\_collections executable location = /home/greggl/.pyenv/versions/3.12.4/bin/ansible python version = 3.12.4 (main, Oct 15 2024, 15:27:28) [GCC 13.2.0] (/home/greggl/.pyenv/versions/3.12.4/bin/python3) jinja version = 3.1.4 libyaml = True ---
**Author:** ![jrglynn2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/94ad74/32.png) [@jrglynn2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jrglynn2)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-open-url-cannot-import-error/10834/2 "2024-11-11T16:50:39Z")
You have to show your ansible code and the errors you receive, plus results of basic troubleshooting (example - trying these commands from the command line without ansible), or else no one will be able to assist you… ---
**Author:** ![glowrimore](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/glowrimore/32/5407_2.png) [@glowrimore](https://forum.ansible.com/u/glowrimore)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-open-url-cannot-import-error/10834/3 "2024-11-11T17:42:08Z")
OK. My error is not stemming from any thing I am coding, other than calling our a task that makes use of ‘get\_url’ or ‘open\_url’. This same error crops up when I can a ‘yum’ task, a ‘dnf’ task, a ‘get\_url’ direct task, ANY task that reaches out to the ‘url’ Python module. Here is my one Ansible task that draws the error: - name: Install Prerequisite Packages ansible.builtin.package: name: - curl - wget - ca-certificates - nfs-utils - python3-pip - postgresql-contrib - postgresql - lvm2 state: present environment: “{{ proxy\_env }}” And the resulting error is: TASK [infra.prerequisites.install : Install Prerequisite Packages] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: ImportError: cannot import name ‘open\_url’ from partially initialized module ‘ansible.module\_utils.urls’ (most likely due to a circular import) (/tmp/ansible\_ansible.legacy.dnf\_payload\_ak5cc1qa/ansible\_ansible.legacy.dnf\_payload.zip/ansible/module\_utils/urls.py) fatal: [x.x.x.x]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “module\_stderr”: “Shared connection to [x.x.x.x] closed.\r\n”, “module\_stdout”: “Traceback (most recent call last):\r\n File "/var/home/ec2-user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1731341024.3789487-31629-124459087336013/AnsiballZ\_dnf.py", line 107, in \r\n \_ansiballz\_main()\r\n File "/var/home/ec2-user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1731341024.3789487-31629-124459087336013/AnsiballZ\_dnf.py", line 99, in \_ansiballz\_main\r\n invoke\_module(zipped\_mod, temp\_path, ANSIBALLZ\_PARAMS)\r\n File "/var/home/ec2-user/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1731341024.3789487-31629-124459087336013/AnsiballZ\_dnf.py", line 47, in invoke\_module\r\n runpy.run\_module(mod\_name=‘ansible.modules.dnf’, init\_globals=dict(\_module\_fqn=‘ansible.modules.dnf’, \_modlib\_path=modlib\_path),\r\n File "", line 226, in run\_module\r\n File "", line 98, in \_run\_module\_code\r\n File "", line 88, in \_run\_code\r\n File "/tmp/ansible\_ansible.legacy.dnf\_payload\_ak5cc1qa/ansible\_ansible.legacy.dnf\_payload.zip/ansible/modules/dnf.py", line 404, in \r\n File "/tmp/ansible\_ansible.legacy.dnf\_payload\_ak5cc1qa/ansible\_ansible.legacy.dnf\_payload.zip/ansible/module\_utils/urls.py", line 18, in \r\nImportError: cannot import name ‘open\_url’ from partially initialized module ‘ansible.module\_utils.urls’ (most likely due to a circular import) (/tmp/ansible\_ansible.legacy.dnf\_payload\_ak5cc1qa/ansible\_ansible.legacy.dnf\_payload.zip/ansible/module\_utils/urls.py)\r\n”, “msg”: “MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error”, “rc”: 1} ---
**Author:** ![glowrimore](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/glowrimore/32/5407_2.png) [@glowrimore](https://forum.ansible.com/u/glowrimore)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-open-url-cannot-import-error/10834/4 "2024-11-11T18:53:10Z")
It “seems” to be a generic error related to Python installed Ansible versus RHEL RPM ansible installation. I’ve searched over and over via Google, and not one direct article relates to this issue I am seeing. ---
**Author:** ![glowrimore](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/glowrimore/32/5407_2.png) [@glowrimore](https://forum.ansible.com/u/glowrimore)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-open-url-cannot-import-error/10834/5 "2024-11-14T16:07:21Z")
Anyone have any clues on this? I am using Ubuntu 24.04 with Python3.12 installed Ansible. One thing that I have seen to fix this issue is to apt-get install ansible INSTEAD of python install ansible. For some reason, the python-installed Ansible is hitting this error. ---
**Author:** ![chris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/chris/32/293_2.png) [@chris](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chris)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-open-url-cannot-import-error/10834/6 "2024-11-14T16:20:47Z")
By _“Python installed Ansible”_ do you mean Ansible was installed using `pip3` or `pipx` or something else? If you have Ansible installed in your users `$HOME` directory how are you running it to ensure that this version is used rather a system packaged version of Ansible, eg is it in `~/.local/bin` and does that directory come before others in your `$PATH`? ---
**Author:** ![glowrimore](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/glowrimore/32/5407_2.png) [@glowrimore](https://forum.ansible.com/u/glowrimore)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-open-url-cannot-import-error/10834/7 "2024-11-14T16:36:04Z")
$ pyenv local 3.12.4 $ which python3 /home/greggl/.pyenv/shims/python3 $ which ansible /home/greggl/.pyenv/shims/ansible $ ansible --version ansible [core 2.17.6] config file = /home/greggl/.ansible.cfg configured module search path = [‘/home/greggl/.ansible/plugins/modules’, ‘/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules’] ansible python module location = /home/greggl/.pyenv/versions/3.12.4/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible ansible collection location = /home/greggl/.ansible/collections/ansible\_collections executable location = /home/greggl/.pyenv/versions/3.12.4/bin/ansible python version = 3.12.4 (main, Oct 15 2024, 15:27:28) [GCC 13.2.0] (/home/greggl/.pyenv/versions/3.12.4/bin/python3) jinja version = 3.1.4 libyaml = True ---
**Author:** ![glowrimore](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/glowrimore/32/5407_2.png) [@glowrimore](https://forum.ansible.com/u/glowrimore)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-open-url-cannot-import-error/10834/8 "2024-11-14T16:36:44Z")
Could this error be from one of those paths in my ansible.cfg? ---
**Author:** ![chris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/chris/32/293_2.png) [@chris](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chris)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-open-url-cannot-import-error/10834/9 "2024-11-14T19:27:42Z")
That all looks fine, perhaps uninstall the system Ansible to be sure that the issue isn’t caused by different versions conflicting? However this isn’t an issue I’ve had — all the Ansible controllers I use have a Debian Ansible and a `pipx` installed Ansible in my `$HOME`… (I use the Debian Ansible to install the latest Ansible using `pipx`). ---
**Author:** ![glowrimore](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/glowrimore/32/5407_2.png) [@glowrimore](https://forum.ansible.com/u/glowrimore)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-open-url-cannot-import-error/10834/10 "2024-11-14T21:44:51Z")
It turns out this Ubuntu image doesn’t have system ansible installed. I think reverting back to RPM-based Ansible installations is what fixes this issue, if I can remember correctly. I prefer the pip3 installation of Ansible over the system installed Ansible, but I can’t seem to get around using tasks that ultimately hit the get\_url or open\_url. Very frustrating. And apparently no one else on the Internets has seen this issue before. ---
**Author:** ![glowrimore](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/glowrimore/32/5407_2.png) [@glowrimore](https://forum.ansible.com/u/glowrimore)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-open-url-cannot-import-error/10834/11 "2024-11-14T21:57:57Z")
So I bit the bullet and apt installed Ansible-core and Ansible, to go along with my pip3 installed Ansible and ran my playbook and got the same “cannot import name ‘open\_url’ from partially initialized modules 'ansible.module\_utils.urls” I am starting to believe this is just a pathing issue of some sort. The module is there since ansible-core brings along all of the ansible.builtin.\* tasks, but which pathing is limiting this from being found? ---
**Author:** ![glowrimore](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/glowrimore/32/5407_2.png) [@glowrimore](https://forum.ansible.com/u/glowrimore)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-open-url-cannot-import-error/10834/12 "2024-11-14T22:02:52Z")
I’m sitting in $HOME/.ansible and can find the urls.py module at ./plugins/module\_utils/urls.py. What do I need to set/change to tell Ansible to look here too? ---
**Author:** ![glowrimore](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/glowrimore/32/5407_2.png) [@glowrimore](https://forum.ansible.com/u/glowrimore)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-open-url-cannot-import-error/10834/13 "2024-12-16T23:13:10Z")
Any one else have a clue here for me? This is now prevalent across any play/role that attempts to pull a URL: agt, dnf, yum, etc. all exhibit this error and I’m blocked now. My only workaround is to revert my tasks away from using these ansible.builtin.\* tasks and simply use shell commands to manually pull a URL as needed – not the best practices solution though. Surely someone has run in to this error before me. ---
**Author:** ![glowrimore](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/glowrimore/32/5407_2.png) [@glowrimore](https://forum.ansible.com/u/glowrimore)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-open-url-cannot-import-error/10834/14 "2024-12-16T23:42:29Z")
I believe I just resolved this issue! My ~/.ansible.cfg file setup my default module\_utils path as such: DEFAULT\_MODULE\_UTILS\_PATH(/home/greggl/.ansible.cfg) = [‘/home/greggl/.ansible/plugins/module\_utils’,‘/home/greggl/.pyenv/versions/3.12.4/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible/module\_utils’, ‘/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ansible/module\_utils’] Removing the ‘/home/greggl/.ansible/module\_utils’ element from DEFAULT\_MODULE\_UTILS\_PATH in ~/.ansible.cfg eliminated the circular dependency! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/getting-open-url-cannot-import-error/10834/15 "2025-01-15T23:43:00Z")
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