AttributeError: module 'dateutil' has no attribute 'parser'

Hello guys,

I use mongoDB and storage_adapter=“chatterbot.storage.MongoDatabaseAdapter” DB info:

root@chatbot:/home/db# mongo -version
MongoDB shell version v3.6.3

> show dbs
admin                0.000GB
chatterbot-database  0.000GB
`` 

**python script info:**
```Python
`# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from chatterbot import ChatBot


# Uncomment the following lines to enable verbose logging
# import logging
# logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)

# Create a new ChatBot instance
bot = ChatBot(
    'Terminal',
    storage_adapter='chatterbot.storage.MongoDatabaseAdapter',
    logic_adapters=[
        'chatterbot.logic.BestMatch'
    ],
    filters=[
        'chatterbot.filters.RepetitiveResponseFilter'
    ],
    input_adapter='chatterbot.input.TerminalAdapter',
    output_adapter='chatterbot.output.TerminalAdapter',
    database='chatterbot-database'
)

print('Type something to begin...')

while True:
    try:
        bot_input = bot.get_response(None)

    # Press ctrl-c or ctrl-d on the keyboard to exit
    except (KeyboardInterrupt, EOFError, SystemExit):
        break`

result info:

root@chatbot:/home/chatbot/py# python3 seven.py
Type something to begin...
haha
hello
nihao
ai.yml Training: [                    ] 1%Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "seven.py", line 28, in <module>
    bot_input = bot.get_response(None)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/chatterbot/chatterbot.py", line 1                                                                                                                                                             19, in get_response
    self.learn_response(statement, previous_statement)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/chatterbot/chatterbot.py", line 1                                                                                                                                                             44, in learn_response
    Response(previous_statement.text)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/chatterbot/conversation.py", line                                                                                                                                                              194, in __init__
    import dateutil.parser as date_parser
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/dateutil/parser.py", line 40, in                                                                                                                                                              <module>
    from six import text_type, binary_type, integer_types
  File "/home/chatbot/py/six.py", line 15, in <module>
    chatbot.train('chatterbot.corpus.english')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/chatterbot/trainers.py", line 164                                                                                                                                                             , in train
    Response(previous_statement_text)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/chatterbot/conversation.py", line                                                                                                                                                              194, in __init__
    import dateutil.parser as date_parser
**AttributeError: module 'dateutil' has no attribute 'parser'**

how to solve this error ?

thank you

[gunthercox]

@bruceforlearn / @vkosuri The dateutill package should come preinstalled as a part of the standard Python installation so no need to install it with pip.

@bruceforlearn I see a few lines in your comments that suggest you have both python 2 and python 3 installed on your system. I suspect that this might be a path issue but I don’t know of a good way to verify this.

---

I’d suggest trying the following.

1. Make sure that you are installing and running ChatterBot with Python 3.
2. Re-installing Python can sometimes correct path issues.
3. Since this issue appears to be with dateutil and not ChatterBot, you might be able to ask a question about dateutil errors on Stack Overflow to get help from developers who may have encountered this issue before.

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