[Solved] TypeError: load() missing 1 required positional argument: ‘Loader’

Hello Guys, How are you all? Hope You all Are Fine. Today I am trying to regular import in Google Colab But I am facing following error TypeError: load() missing 1 required positional argument: ‘Loader’ in python. So Here I am Explain to you all the possible solutions here.

Without wasting your time, Let’s start This Article to Solve This Error.

How TypeError: load() missing 1 required positional argument: ‘Loader’ Error Occurs ?

I am trying to regular import in Google Colab But I am facing following error.

TypeError: load() missing 1 required positional argument: 'Loader'

I am trying to import pingouin Here is import code

import pingouin as pg

How To Solve TypeError: load() missing 1 required positional argument: ‘Loader’ Error ?

Solution 1: use safe_load() instead of load()

Here error is mentioning that your load() function is required param loader=Loader. So That you need to use safe_load() instead of load().

yaml.safe_load()

Instead of

yaml.load()

Solution 2: Downgrade pyyaml version.

Here pyyaml latest version 6.0 is not compatible with the current way Google Colab imports packages. So just downgrade pyyaml version to 5.4.1 which is compatible with the current way Google Colab imports and It will solve your error. use this command to downgrade pyyaml.

!pip install pyyaml==5.4.1

Summary

It’s all About this issue. Hope all solution helped you a lot. Comment below Your thoughts and your queries. Also, Comment below which solution worked for you?

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