ImportError: cannot import name zip_longest

[AnonDev1312]

I'm getting this error when trying to export on CentOs 8 ... can't find a solution on google :(

[root@server discogs-xml2db]# python run.py --export artist --bz2
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "run.py", line 18, in
from discogsxml2db.exporter import main
File "/var/www/vhosts/x.net/discogs-xml2db/discogsxml2db/exporter.py", line 10, in
from .parser import DiscogsArtistParser, DiscogsLabelParser, DiscogsMasterParser, DiscogsReleaseParser
File "/var/www/vhosts/x.net/discogs-xml2db/discogsxml2db/parser.py", line 2, in
from itertools import zip_longest
ImportError: cannot import name zip_longest

[philipmat]

Please post the output of the following commands:

• git show --oneline -s (execute in the same directory as run.py)
• python -V
• python -c "import itertools; dir(itertools)"

[AnonDev1312]

Thanks for the reply,

Here is the result of the commands

[root@server discogs-xml2db]# git show --oneline -s
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
[root@server discogs-xml2db]# python -V
Python 2.7.17
[root@server discogs-xml2db]# python -c "import itertools; dir(itertools)"
[root@server discogs-xml2db]#

I didn't install xml2db with git, I just downloaded the zip and uploaded it to my server.

[philipmat]

Develop currently contains the speed up version, which requires python 3.6 at a minimum.

Master and tag v1.99 still contain a version that works with python 2.7, thought it's the slower variant. Also no longer maintained.

[philipmat]

You forgot to pass the input folder as parameter. Also the output folder.