ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'seleniumwire'

selenium-wire is not installed in the running Python. The PyPI name is selenium-wire (with a dash) but the import is seleniumwire (no dash). Run python -m pip install selenium-wire and the import works.

The error

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'seleniumwire'

Fix it

1. Install selenium-wire

python -m pip install selenium-wire

Expected: Successfully installed selenium-wire-....

1. Confirm

python -c "from seleniumwire import webdriver; print('ok')"

Expected: prints ok.

When this applies

• any seleniumwire import fails naming seleniumwire
• a fresh env for request-intercepting automation

When it does NOT apply

• cannot import name 'webdriver' from 'seleniumwire' means it IS installed but shadowed or damaged
• the Visual C++ Redist ImportError is the Windows compiled-dependency problem

Compatibility

selenium-wire 5.x. Needs selenium 4 and Python 3.8+.

Why it happens

The package was never installed into the active interpreter, and the dash/no-dash split between the PyPI name and the module name makes pip install seleniumwire (no dash) fail, so people sometimes stall at the install step itself.

Edge cases

• pip install seleniumwire (no dash) does not exist on PyPI. The dash form is the only one.
• selenium-wire 5.x requires selenium 4. If pip downgrades your selenium to satisfy it, that is expected.