ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'onelogin'

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'onelogin'

TL;DR: the distribution is called python3-saml. Run pip install python3-saml and the onelogin.saml2 imports work.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'onelogin'

The fix

pip install python3-saml

Verify:

python -c "from onelogin.saml2.auth import OneLogin_Saml2_Auth; print('ok')"

Expected output: ok.

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When this applies

• Adding SAML single sign-on with the OneLogin toolkit.
• Fresh virtualenvs, Docker builds, or CI runners.
• Following Django/Flask SAML tutorials that import onelogin.saml2.

When it does NOT apply

• SAML settings or certificate errors after the import works.
• No module named 'saml2', which is the pysaml2 package, a different library.

Why this happens

OneLogin's branding lives on in the module path, but the distribution was renamed python3-saml when it was ported. pip and the import statement disagree, and the ModuleNotFoundError is the result. The README's install command is authoritative.

Compatibility

python3-saml 1.14+ with Python 3.8+. Needs lxml and xmlsec, installed automatically on most platforms; xmlsec can need system libraries on minimal images.

The module path is onelogin.saml2 but the distribution is python3-saml, so nothing about the import suggests the pip name. The python3-saml README documents pip install python3-saml as the install command. Django and Flask SAML integrations hit this constantly because the OneLogin toolkit's branding survived in the module path while the distribution took a generic name.