ImportError: cannot import name 'popargs_to_dict'

[ZhenyaoYe]

Hi Allen Institute,

After importing allensdk, I got an import error (ImportError: cannot import name 'popargs_to_dict') when I used: from allensdk.api.queries.rma_api import RmaApi from allensdk.api.warehouse_cache.cache import cache

Any suggestions are appreciated!

Best regards, Zhenyao

[rly]

@ZhenyaoYe I think this is due to a version mismatch between pynwb and hdmf, which are used by allensdk. I maintain pynwb and hdmf. What versions of pynwb and hdmf do you have installed? Please run pip list and pip check and report back the output. Thanks!

[ZhenyaoYe]

Hi Ryan Ly,

Thank you so much for your response!

Here is the output for the version of pynwb and hdmf by using pip list: [image: image.png] [image: image.png]

Here is the output by using pip check: [image: image.png]

Any suggestions are appreciated!

Best regards, Zhenyao

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[rly]

Hi @ZhenyaoYe unfortunately I cannot see the images. Can you use check the images? You might have to use the github website to upload the images.

[ZhenyaoYe]

Hi Ryan Ly, Sorry, I didn't notice this issue.

Here is the output for the version of pynwb and hdmf by using pip list:

Here is the output by using pip check:

Please feel free to let me know if you have any problems seeing the above images. Thank you so much!

Best regards, Zhenyao

[rly]

Thanks @ZhenyaoYe

Please run pip install -U hdmf. The pip check output shows an incompatibility between the pynwb and hdmf versions. I am not sure how that came to be but the above command should fix it.

[ZhenyaoYe]

Hi Ryan,

I used pip install -U hdmf and got log output, which indicates that version of hdmf is already up-to-date, 3.0.1.

I tried using pip install hdmf--3.4.5, but I got an error, which potint out the highest available vesion of hdmf is 3.0.1.

Do you have any ideas about it? Thank you!

Best regards, Zhenyao

[rly]

@ZhenyaoYe Are you by any chance using a local pypi mirror, and that mirror has not been updated with the latest packages from pypi.org? The version of hdmf after 3.0.1 (3.1.0) was released on July 21, 2021.

[ZhenyaoYe]

Hi Ryan, Thank you so much for your suggestion! Finally, I successfully updated the version of hdmf. Thanks again!

Best regards, Zhenyao

[rly]

I'm glad you were able to resolve the issue!