ImportError: cannot import name 'encode' from 'eth_abi'

[q9f]

What was wrong?

The docs: https://eth-abi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/encoding.html

Suggest to import encode from eth_abi which is apparently not available.

Code that produced the error

from eth_abi import encode

Full error output

>>> from eth_abi import encode
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: cannot import name 'encode' from 'eth_abi' (/home/user/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/eth_abi/__init__.py)

Environment

❯ python -m eth_utils
Python version:
3.10.4 (main, Mar 23 2022, 23:05:40) [GCC 11.2.0]

Operating System: Linux-5.17.7-arch1-1-x86_64-with-glibc2.35

pip freeze result:
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[kclowes]

Sorry for the confusion! It looks like you're looking at the 'latest' version of the docs which builds from master. We consolidated encode_single and encode_abi into one encode method, between now and the last release. You can either install eth_abi from master or you can use encode_single or encode_abi with v3.0.0. Here's a link to the stable version of the docs: https://eth-abi.readthedocs.io/en/stable/encoding.html if you want to use encode_single or encode_abi.

[q9f]

Thank you, that works for me!