pyTelegramBotAPI import error: AttributeError: module ‘telebot’ has no attribute ‘TeleBot’

Under normal circumstances, Python script calls pyTelegramBotAPI module with “import”:

import telebot
def telebot_send(message):
    bot = telebot.TeleBot(TOKEN)
    bot.send_message(chat_id, message)

But sometimes a special error will occur: AttributeError: module ‘telebot’ has no attribute ‘TeleBot’. Two situations will result in this error.

1. The same name python file called “telebot.py” exists under the same directory. “import telebot” will import the file rather than the module;

Solution

Rename the “telebot.py”.

2. A familiar module “telebot” also exists in Pypi. If someone wrongly installed it with “pip3 install telebot” instead of pyTelegramBotAPI, python script will import a different module that doesn’t have the attribute.

Solution

pip3 uninstall telebot
pip3 install pyTelegramBotAPI

Uninstalling the pyTelegramAPI is necessary, then reinstall the pyTelegramBotAPI module, it will working without attribute error.