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Python (googletrans) - AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'

Trying to detect language code in Python using googletrans. But it generating ERROR (Refer error block for info).

Require solution for the same

Code :

import googletrans
from googletrans import Translator
translator = Translator()
result = translator.translate('Mitä sinä teet')
print(result.src)
print(result.dest)
print(result.origin)
print(result.text)
print(result.pronunciation)

Error:


C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\googletrans\gtoken.py in _update(self)
     60 
     61         # this will be the same as python code after stripping out a reserved word 'var'
---> 62         code = self.RE_TKK.search(r.text).group(1).replace('var ', '')
     63         # unescape special ascii characters such like a \x3d(=)
     64         code = code.encode().decode('unicode-escape')

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'
Solution

  • This is a known, reported issue in the googletrans library's github page. Take a look there to see the status of the fix and potential work arounds: https://github.com/ssut/py-googletrans/issues.

    According to the most recent comment, installing a different version, googletrans==4.0.0-rc1, appears to work, but with caveats:

    fire17 commented 16 days ago
    normal pip installation failed but uninstalled and reinstalled
    googletrans==4.0.0-rc1
    then worked :)
    tho the object is wierd, i can access the translated text like

    a = translator.translate("hi")
translated_text = a.__dict__()["text"]