Google Cloud RuntimeError 3.2.6

[huyle93]

Description of your problem

The problem was from the previous version of Spyder, before the 3.2.6 and I thought 3.2.6 should fix this problem. However, it is still there when calling Google Cloud API.

Error:
RuntimeError: 'path' must be None or a list, not <class '_frozen_importlib_external._NamespacePath'>

Where is the error:
File "/Users/name/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/imp.py", line 271, in find_module "not {}".format(type(path)))

More details of the error code: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48516018/anaconda-spyder-runtimeerror-imp-py-line-271

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. from google.cloud import someLibrary
2. calling a function that uses any services from the google.cloud library
3. sample:

    from google.cloud import language
    from google.cloud.language import enums
    from google.cloud.language import types
    import six
    import sys

   def entity_sentiment_text(text):
      client = language.LanguageServiceClient()

    if isinstance(text, six.binary_type):
        text = text.decode('utf-8')

    document = types.Document(
        content=text.encode('utf-8'),
        type=enums.Document.Type.PLAIN_TEXT)
    encoding = enums.EncodingType.UTF32
    if sys.maxunicode == 65535:
        encoding = enums.EncodingType.UTF16

    result = client.analyze_entity_sentiment(document, encoding)
    print(result.entities)

    print(entity_sentiment_text("my spyder has some problem"))

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The expected output is the json return from Google Cloud API.
I see the error that described above instead. Note, it works fine when I execute the program using terminal, PyCharm or VSCode (I assume other IDEs won't have this issue).

Please provide any additional information below
The program works fine when running from terminal and other IDEs

Versions and main components

• Spyder Version: 3.2.6
• Python Version: 3.6.3
• Qt Version: 5.6.2
• PyQt Version: Latest
• Operating system: Mac OS 10.13.2

Dependencies

Please go to the menu entry Help > Optional Dependencies (or
Help > Dependencies), press the button Copy to clipboard
and paste the contents below:
IPython >=4.0 : 6.1.0 (OK)
cython >=0.21 : 0.26.1 (OK)
jedi >=0.9.0 : 0.11.1 (OK)
nbconvert >=4.0 : 5.3.1 (OK)
numpy >=1.7 : 1.13.3 (OK)
pandas >=0.13.1 : 0.20.3 (OK)
psutil >=0.3 : 5.4.3 (OK)
pycodestyle >=2.3: 2.3.1 (OK)
pyflakes >=0.6.0 : 1.6.0 (OK)
pygments >=2.0 : 2.2.0 (OK)
pylint >=0.25 : 1.8.2 (OK)
qtconsole >=4.2.0: 4.3.1 (OK)
rope >=0.9.4 : 0.10.7 (OK)
sphinx >=0.6.6 : 1.6.6 (OK)
sympy >=0.7.3 : 1.1.1 (OK)

[ccordoba12]

Thanks for reporting. We'll take a look at this in a future release.

[CAM-Gerlach]

Seems similar to #5121 and several others (that have been wontfixed)...

[ccordoba12]

Sorry, I forgot this is a duplicate of issue #5299. Please read that issue for a temporary solution.

[MTHD486]

@ccordoba12 Hi, I have similar problems when calling Google Cloud API in Spyder. I tried to see #5299 but am not sure what is the temporary solution for this. According to the below link, I tried to comment out if HAS_PYXIMPORT: in sitecustomize.py but I still get the same error. May I ask how can I fix that problem? Many thx.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46422488/get-rid-of-pyximport