Python SDK circular import error

I am trying to make a connection to the azure queue in Python but I am getting a circular import error.

Here’s my code: `from azure.storage.queue import (QueueClient)

connection_str = “”,

q_name = “test2” queue_client = QueueClient.from_connection_string(connection_str, q_name) queue_client.create_queue()`

Error I am getting: from azure.storage.queue import (QueueClient) ImportError: cannot import name 'QueueClient' from partially initialized module 'azure.storage.queue' (most likely due to a circular import) (/home/deepak/azure-env/lib/python3.8/site-packages/azure/storage/queue/__init__.py)

[deepak6422]

hey @jalauzon-msft I figured out the issue. It was due to the file name which was queue.py. I think python causes this circular import error for any modules if their file name matches with the modules package file name.

[jalauzon-msft]

Hi @deepak6422, thanks for following up on this. It looks like this was indeed the cause as I was able to reproduce this on our end by naming the file queue.py. Interestingly this is not actually conflicting with our module since it’s called azure.storage.queue but instead with one of our dependencies, six (used by urllib). They have a module named queue which is causing this error. Unfortunately, there is not a lot we can do about that right now so just using a different file name is probably the best solution.

Thanks again for helping to find this. We can now recommend others against that file name if we see this issue in the future.