Smugcli installation issue

[Krellian87]

Hi, I new to Python so forgive me if this is obvious......

I have installed Python 10 (and 13) successfully as admin by using: "pip install smugcli"
I have then tried to execute the command to connect to my SmugMug account: _"smugcli.py login --key= --secret="
but I get this error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\temp\smugcli-master\smugcli-master\smugcli\smugcli.py", line 12, in
from . import smugcli_commands # pylint: disable=wrong-import-position
ImportError: attempted relative import with no known parent package

Even if I just run "smugcli.py", I get the same error.

Have I done something wrong ?
It appears it cant find a dependant package.

Any help appreciated, as I would really like to get this working.

Regards
Anthony

[graveljp]

Interestingly, I noticed today the there was an issue with the documentation and was trying to figure out the details. On the one hand, the documentation says to install by doing pip install smugcli, which installs smugcli as a binary on your system. On the other hand, it says to run by doing ./smugcli.py ls, which is how you would run from the source, cloned from Github.

So, the documentation should say:

• Install by doing pip install smugcli
• Run by doing smugcli ls

This however assumes that the binary installed by pip is in your PATH environment variable. Now, it appears that on Windows, this is not the case by default. I tried installing from the Windows Store and from the official Python installer, and in both case, the folder where pip installs binaries did not get added to the PATH. What I saw earlier today is that when doing pip install smugcli, I got a warning telling me that the binary was installed in a folder that is not in the PATH. You would fix this by copy-pasting the path that the warning message provides and add that to the PATH manually (then restart your shell). But these are annoying instructions to document! I'll investigate further.

Try to see if this lead helps. Let me know if you have any questions. I'll chime back if I find more.

[Krellian87]

Hi Graveljp.

Thanks for your reply.
When I installed Python, I choose the option to "Add Python to PATH"
Is this what you are referring to ?

[graveljp]

No. It seems that pip installs binaries in a different folder than the Python executable.

[Krellian87]

Ah, okay, thanks.
I think Ive got it working now by running just smugcli.

Great effort in writing this, it is really handy and helps with my workflow.

Much appreciated.

[graveljp]

I'm glat Smugcli is being useful for others!

If I understand correctly, your PATH was already correclty configured? I think I figured out the strangeness on my end. I had installed versions of Python from the Microsoft Store and these don't seem to correctly configure the PATH. I uninstalled all of them and installed Python from the official isntaller and everthing works as expected. I updated the documentation to explain this.

[Krellian87]

Hi, just another question. I want to run smugcli a script in Task Scheduler so that it syncs the folder regularly. Is there anyway to auto continue the confirmation prompt eg: Proceed = Y/N, so that i dont get the Y/N prompt ? Thanks.

[Krellian87]

All good, found the -f switch.......