---
title: "Discussion on \"RequestsDependencyWarning: Unable to find acceptable character detection dependency (chardet or charset_normalizer)\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"RequestsDependencyWarning: Unable to find acceptable character detection dependency (chardet or charset_normalizer)\". Problem\nThe problem occurs when using the Python requests library, the chardet library is not installed.\n/Users/adacheng/Library/Python/3.9/lib/python/site-packages/requests/__init__.py:86: RequestsDependencyWarning: Unable to find acceptable charact..."
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/requestsdependencywarning-unable-to-find-acceptable-character-detection-dependency-chardet-or-charsetnormalizer/677ba8d63daf6bb81d985268"
---

[Feed](https://hashnode.com/feed) /

Discussion

# [RequestsDependencyWarning: Unable to find acceptable character detection dependency (chardet or charset\_normalizer)](https://blog.adafycheng.dev/requestsdependencywarning-unable-to-find-acceptable-character-detection-dependency-chardet-or-charsetnormalizer?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Problem The problem occurs when using the Python requests library, the chardet library is not installed. /Users/adacheng/Library/Python/3.9/lib/python/site-packages/requests/\_\_init\_\_.py:86: RequestsDependencyWarning: Unable to find acceptable charact...

Jan 6, 2025 · 1 min read · blog.adafycheng.dev  
Read the article

-   [#python3](https://hashnode.com/tag/python3)

## Written by

[Ada Cheng](https://hashnode.com/@adafycheng)

@adafycheng · Manchester, United Kingdom

  
[View profile](https://hashnode.com/@adafycheng)

Software Developer

I am a Software Developer, mainly involved in Software Development of JAVA-enabled web applications.

## Responses

Markdown supported · ⌘↵ to post

No responses yet.