Python uvicorn : The term 'uvicorn' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file

Question

Good evening,

I am using python 3.9 and try to run a new FastAPI service on Windows 10 Pro based on the documentation on internet https://www.uvicorn.org/ i executed the following statements

pip install uvicorn pip install uvicorn[standard]

create the sample file app.py

from fastapi import FastAPI
app = FastAPI()
@app.get("/")
async def root():
    return {"message": "Hello World"}

But when i run the code below :

uvicorn main:app --reload
uvicorn : The term 'uvicorn' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify t
hat the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ uvicorn
+ ~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (uvicorn:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

I also add the path of Python in the envroment settings

I also re-install Python 3.9 and make the default path for installation to c:\ProgramFiles\Python39 this path is also include now in the system enviroment and user enviroment settings.

if i run pip install uvicorn again it shows the following statement:

λ pip install uvicorn
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Requirement already satisfied: uvicorn in c:\users\username\appdata\roaming\python\python39\site-packages (0.12.2)
Requirement already satisfied: h11>=0.8 in c:\users\username\appdata\roaming\python\python39\site-packages (from uvicorn) (0.11.0)
Requirement already satisfied: click==7.* in c:\users\username\appdata\roaming\python\python39\site-packages (from uvicorn) (7.1.2)
WARNING: You are using pip version 20.2.3; however, version 20.2.4 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the 'c:\program files\python39\python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.

Many thanks

Erik

Solution 1

Python install his scripts in c:\users\username\appdata\roaming\python\python39\scripts\ put this in the system and user variable path will solve the problem.

Solution 2

You can also run uvicorn with the following command:

python -m uvicorn main:app --reload

Solution 3

first, you have to run

virtualenv env

then install code

pip install fastapi uvicorn

Solution 4

I Have The Same Problem and Found i dont Activate my Virtual Environment

After Activating Virtual Environment uvicorn Example:app --reload Worked For me

Maybe The Problem is so simple Like This

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Comments

[John Gordon]

Try adding \pip to the end of that path.

[Erik hoeven]

@John: I did what you say! But it does not solve the problem yet! See adjusted question

[John Gordon]

Hmm. Try %APPDATA%\Python instead?

[Erik hoeven]

@John thanks for the fast reply. It is still not working. I have changed the question again

[lsabi]

Have you tried installing it with pip3 install ... ?

[Erik hoeven]

Hi Isabi, yes I also tried that, but that didn't work

[Erik hoeven]

Hi Ognyan! thanks for the reply of the solution. I found the solution of this problem. And it is in system path variable. It seams that Python install the script s in c:\users\username\appdata\roaming\python\python39\scripts\

[Erik hoeven]

But thanks to the removal script a saw where the uvicorn.exe is placed.

[Nathan Mersha]

if python does not work use python3 instead