Pyota library error after compiling the file to exe about iota.py HOT 7 CLOSED

No worries; I think we're on the right track. Many of the answers and linked Github issues on the above StackOverflow page seem to point to using a PyInstaller hook to resolve this issue. I think something like this will address the issue:

1. Find or create the file hooks-phx-filters.py (you'll need to do a bit of experimentation/research to find the right location; https://stackoverflow.com/a/52898981/5568265 suggests a possible location).
   • Discovering where the hooks files get created will teach you a bit about how PyInstaller works under-the-hood, and if you're unable to determine the correct location you can alternatively specify --additional-hooks-dir to load hooks from a directory of your choosing (see https://stackoverflow.com/a/28023347/5568265 for more info).
2. Add the following content to hooks-phx-filters.py:

   from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import copy_metadata
   datas = copy_metadata('phx-filters')

Let me know if you're able to get this working; I see that it is possible to add PyInstaller hooks directly to a package — if the custom hook fixes the issue I'll see about adding it to the phx-filters library 😺

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Hello! I did as you wrote and it seems that something has moved :)
But I got another error:

Traceback (most recent call last): 
File "gam.py", line 12, in <module>
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1007, in _find_and_load
   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 986, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 680, in _load_unlocked

  File "c:\pythonx\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 493, in exec_module
    exec(bytecode, module.__dict__)

  File "iotaconn.py", line 5, in <module>
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1007, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 986, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 680, in _load_unlocked

  File "c:\pythonx\lib\site-packages\PyInstaller\loader\pyimod03_importers.py", line 493, in exec_module
    exec(bytecode, module.__dict__)

  File "iota\__init__.py", line 43, in <module>
  File "pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 899, in require
  File "pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 785, in resolve

pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'PyOTA' distribution was not found and is required by the application
[13752] Failed to execute script gam

But..
For PyOTA I did exactly like for phx-filters and it works!

datas = copy_metadata('phx-filters')
datas += copy_metadata('PyOTA')

Thank you very much!
Greetings! :)

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Hi @policmajsterdev thanks for reporting this issue!

The key line from the traceback is this one:

pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'phx-filters' distribution was not found and is required by the application

These pages may be relevant to the issue you're experiencing:

• https://pyinstaller.readthedocs.io/en/stable/operating-mode.html#analysis-finding-the-files-your-program-needs
• https://pyinstaller.readthedocs.io/en/stable/when-things-go-wrong.html#helping-pyinstaller-find-modules

Could you post the exact pyinstaller command you are running to create the exe file?

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Thank you for your answer. My command looks like this:
pyinstaller --noconfirm --onefile --console --add-data "C:/Users/eimea/Desktop/gfx/game/data;data/" "C:/Users/eimea/Desktop/gfx/game/gam.py"

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🤔 I note that the same issue occurred in #193 — I wonder if this is because the phx-filters lib has a self-referential require statement:
https://github.com/todofixthis/filters/blob/2.0.2/filters/__init__.py#L3

This is a common practice, so I imagine that pyinstaller users will run into this issue from time to time.

Possibly one of the answers to this StackOverflow post may be helpful here:
https://stackoverflow.com/q/40076795/5568265

Also, double-check that you have the most up-to-date version of pyinstaller; see pyinstaller/pyinstaller#1515 (comment)

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Thanks for your help but I still have a problem. I uninstalled the entire python environment several times, installed it in various combinations, and then nothing.
My version of pyinstaller is 4.1.
I noticed that the boot always stops in the same place when importing a module using 'pyota'.

As you wrote, the problem is somewhere here:
__version__ = require('phx-filters')[0].version

Unfortunately, I'm not that advanced in python and I don't know what to do next.
Thank you for your help, I will keep trying.

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Sweeeet as. Great to see you got it working! I'll make a note of this, so that we can make future versions of PyOTA (and phx-filters 😁) PyInstaller-compatible out-of-the-box.

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