ImportError: cannot import name 'Article' from 'newspaper'

You have a file named newspaper.py in your working directory, and Python imports it instead of the library. Rename your file (and delete __pycache__), and from newspaper import Article works. This is the number-one cause of this exact string with newspaper3k installed.

The error

ImportError: cannot import name 'Article' from 'newspaper'

Fix it

1. Confirm the shadowing

python -c "import newspaper; print(newspaper.__file__)"

Expected: if it prints a path in your project ending in newspaper.py, that file is the problem. A real install prints a site-packages path.

1. Rename your file

Rename newspaper.py to something like news_scraper.py, delete the __pycache__ folder next to it, then:

python -c "from newspaper import Article; print('ok')"

Expected: prints ok.

When this applies

• from newspaper import Article raises ImportError naming Article
• newspaper3k is definitely installed (pip show newspaper3k proves it)
• your script sits next to a file called newspaper.py

When it does NOT apply

• No module named 'newspaper' means the install is missing
• an old newspaper3k version genuinely lacking Article would be a different (and very rare) problem; shadowing is almost always it

Compatibility

All newspaper3k 0.9.x. The shadowing behavior is pure import semantics.

Why it happens

The script's directory beats site-packages in Python's import order. Article-extraction scripts are very often saved as newspaper.py (it feels like the natural name), which makes the script shadow the very library it needs. Your file has no Article name in it, so the from-import fails.

Edge cases

• Jupyter: a notebook named newspaper.ipynb in the working dir does the same. Rename and restart the kernel.
• If newspaper.__file__ points at site-packages but Article is still missing, your newspaper3k install is corrupt. pip install --force-reinstall newspaper3k.