Import refextract fails

[Omar-Aboelsoud]

I am trying to import refextract using python 2 and python 3 both fails . It shows the error below .

I installed it using pip install refextract as mentioned in readme file

[openp2pdesign]

Which OS are you using? On Mac you can solve this with brew install libmagic

[Omar-Aboelsoud]

@openp2pdesign I am using windows , I installed it using Anaconda with pip install command , but It fail when I import it

[Nihabr]

Im having a similar issue when importing refextract, however mine does not appear to be libmagic related:

Im using python 3.6.5 on Windows 10, and refextract was installed using pip.

The import code is the same as in the project description example: from refextract import extract_references_from_file

[bastiankayser]

Same here, Python 3.6.3 on Windows 10, refextract was installed using pip.
from refextract import extract_references_from_file
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "C:\Users\BKY\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python36\site-packages\refextract_init_.py", line 28, in
from .references.api import (
File "C:\Users\BKY\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python36\site-packages\refextract\references\api.py", line 96
raise FullTextNotAvailableError(u"URL not found: '{0}'".format(url)), None, sys.exc_info()[2]
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

[srbhp]

This also happens in Linux(Debian). Install it using pip3.

Python 3.5.3 (default, Sep 27 2018, 17:25:39)
[GCC 6.3.0 20170516] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

from refextract import extract_references_from_file
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/refextract/init.py", line 28, in
from .references.api import (
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/refextract/references/api.py", line 96
raise FullTextNotAvailableError(u"URL not found: '{0}'".format(url)), None, sys.exc_info()[2]
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
exit()

[RaymondCui21]

Same here, Python 2.7 on Windows 7, refextract was installed using pip.
Errors from Pycharm:
File "C:~\venv\2.7\lib\site-packages\magic.py", line 181, in
raise ImportError('failed to find libmagic. Check your installation')
ImportError: failed to find libmagic. Check your installation

[RaymondCui21]

Could the developers provide more workable environment details to repeat the processes, such as OS, Python versions, IDE? Many thanks.

[pHequals7]

Is the project even maintained? Have the same importing error throws out invalid syntax error. Please solve it ASAP

[patel-zeel]

This works for me on python 3.6 on colab.

sudo apt-get install -y python-magic

[michamos]

The previous version was not compatible with Python 3. Version 1.* is Python 3 only.

[AxelBerres]

you need to install the related magic bin package

[kingsj0405]

I'm failing without any exception...

>python
Python 3.8.2 (default, May  6 2020, 09:02:42) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)] :: Anaconda, Inc. on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from refextract import extract_references_from_url
# Just die without logging
>

[walter-hernandez]

For anyone experiencing this issue, this happens because you need to have magic-bin installed. Then, the solution is:

pip install python-magic-bin

[shreyashgupta68]

I have already installed the magic bin still getting the same error.

[josePereiro]

For anyone experiencing this issue, this happens because you need to have magic-bin installed. Then, the solution is:

pip install python-magic-bin

This just worked for me Python 3.8.5 refextract 1.1.4