ImportError: cannot import name 'textwriter' from 'botocore.docs.bcdoc' (Python3.7.7)

[EdgarMesa]

It lets me pip install aws-shell correctly but when I try to run the shell it keeps giving me the same import error (even for different python versions)

[pybeaudouin]

Confirmed with Python 3.8 also. This seems related to aws-cli and boto3:

• aws/aws-cli#5538
• boto/boto3#2596

[EdgarMesa]

Same error for Python3.8.1

[Greg Knapp]

Also seeing this issue on Python 3.8, Windows 10:

$ pip freeze
aws-shell==0.2.1
awscli==1.18.144
boto3==1.15.3
botocore==1.18.3
colorama==0.4.3
configobj==5.0.6
docutils==0.15.2
jmespath==0.10.0
prompt-toolkit==1.0.18
pyasn1==0.4.8
Pygments==2.7.1
python-dateutil==2.8.1
PyYAML==5.3.1
rsa==4.5
s3transfer==0.3.3
six==1.15.0
urllib3==1.25.10
wcwidth==0.2.5

[mikael.tallberg]

Same here, using the latest builds of aws-shell and aws-cli from the repo.

$ pip freeze
astroid==2.4.2
aws-shell @ git+https://github.com/awslabs/aws-shell.git@8950f03d9d720879890af6c11537b8f9789ce5a9
awscli @ git+https://github.com/aws/aws-cli@dabd57baa645ac3e56f39ffcc0e8bec76ccfd50a
boto3==1.15.8
botocore==1.18.8
certifi==2020.6.20
chardet==3.0.4
colorama==0.4.3
configobj==5.0.6
docutils==0.15.2
idna==2.10
isort==4.3.21
jmespath==0.10.0
lazy-object-proxy==1.4.3
mccabe==0.6.1
prompt-toolkit==1.0.18
pyasn1==0.4.8
Pygments==2.7.1
pylint==2.5.3
python-dateutil==2.8.1
PyYAML==5.3.1
requests==2.24.0
rsa==4.5
s3transfer==0.3.3
six==1.15.0
toml==0.10.1
urllib3==1.25.9
wcwidth==0.2.5
wrapt==1.12.1

[An Nguyen]

Experiencing the same error

[Claick Assunção de Oliveira]

Experiencing the same error

+1

[joguSD]

Confirming this as an issue. I've opened a fix in: #250

As a temporary working around, you'll need to pin below aws-cli<1.18.140 and boto3<1.15.0.