Provided code location is not a loadable module. Did you specify the correct location for the module defining your function? #346
Description
Attempting to follow the python tutorial in README.md in a Google Cloud Shell environment, and I get the following error:
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Steps to reproduce
main.py
import flask
import functions_framework
@functions_framework.http
def hello(request: flask.Request) -> flask.typing.ResponseReturnValue:
return "Hello world!"requirements.txt
functions-framework
flask
cmd
$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Requirement already satisfied: functions-framework in /home/admin_/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 1)) (3.8.1)
Requirement already satisfied: flask in /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 2)) (3.0.3)
Requirement already satisfied: click<9.0,>=7.0 in /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages (from functions-framework->-r requirements.txt (line 1)) (8.1.7)
Requirement already satisfied: cloudevents<2.0.0,>=1.2.0 in /home/admin_/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from functions-framework->-r requirements.txt (line 1)) (1.11.0)
Requirement already satisfied: Werkzeug<4.0.0,>=0.14 in /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages (from functions-framework->-r requirements.txt (line 1)) (3.0.3)
Requirement already satisfied: watchdog>=1.0.0 in /home/admin_/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from functions-framework->-r requirements.txt (line 1)) (5.0.3)
Requirement already satisfied: gunicorn>=22.0.0 in /home/admin_/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from functions-framework->-r requirements.txt (line 1)) (23.0.0)
Requirement already satisfied: Jinja2>=3.1.2 in /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages (from flask->-r requirements.txt (line 2)) (3.1.4)
Requirement already satisfied: itsdangerous>=2.1.2 in /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages (from flask->-r requirements.txt (line 2)) (2.2.0)
Requirement already satisfied: blinker>=1.6.2 in /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages (from flask->-r requirements.txt (line 2)) (1.8.2)
Requirement already satisfied: deprecation<3.0,>=2.0 in /home/admin_/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from cloudevents<2.0.0,>=1.2.0->functions-framework->-r requirements.txt (line 1)) (2.1.0)
Requirement already satisfied: packaging in /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages (from gunicorn>=22.0.0->functions-framework->-r requirements.txt (line 1)) (24.1)
Requirement already satisfied: MarkupSafe>=2.0 in /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages (from Jinja2>=3.1.2->flask->-r requirements.txt (line 2)) (2.1.5)
$ functions-framework --target hello
Provided code location '/home/admin_/functions-framework-test' is not a loadable module.
Did you specify the correct location for the module defining your function?
Could not load the function, shutting down.
Activity
dvmorris commentedon Sep 30, 2024
This process works fine on my MacOS laptop, so I must be just misunderstanding something about my Cloud Shell environment.
jama22 commentedon Jan 11, 2025
Looks like Cloud Shell needs you to run it in a venv, I'm assuming for safety reasons?
Run the following to create a venv called
testTo be honest, its probably good practice to update the README to add a step for creating a venv