[Bug]: Cannot install nba_api

[TennisTerror]

NBA API Version

V1.7.0

Issue

I have installed numpy, requests but still i cannot install nba_api
I run this in cmd.
Thank you. Really sorry because i'm really new into this

Code

pip install nba_api
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Collecting nba_api
Using cached nba_api-1.7.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (5.5 kB)
Collecting numpy<2.0.0,>=1.22.2 (from nba_api)
Using cached numpy-1.26.4.tar.gz (15.8 MB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
Installing backend dependencies ... done
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [21 lines of output]
+ C:\Users\Minh Tri\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.13_qbz5n2kfra8p0\python.exe C:\Users\Minh Tri\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-fl8sxvq5\numpy_24d3e6c9074442dbbfd918c9d5dd1965\vendored-meson\meson\meson.py setup C:\Users\Minh Tri\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-fl8sxvq5\numpy_24d3e6c9074442dbbfd918c9d5dd1965 C:\Users\Minh Tri\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-fl8sxvq5\numpy_24d3e6c9074442dbbfd918c9d5dd1965.mesonpy-6yiuyd7v -Dbuildtype=release -Db_ndebug=if-release -Db_vscrt=md --native-file=C:\Users\Minh Tri\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-fl8sxvq5\numpy_24d3e6c9074442dbbfd918c9d5dd1965.mesonpy-6yiuyd7v\meson-python-native-file.ini
The Meson build system
Version: 1.2.99
Source dir: C:\Users\Minh Tri\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-fl8sxvq5\numpy_24d3e6c9074442dbbfd918c9d5dd1965
Build dir: C:\Users\Minh Tri\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-fl8sxvq5\numpy_24d3e6c9074442dbbfd918c9d5dd1965.mesonpy-6yiuyd7v
Build type: native build
Project name: NumPy
Project version: 1.26.4
WARNING: Failed to activate VS environment: Could not parse vswhere.exe output

  ..\meson.build:1:0: ERROR: Unknown compiler(s): [['icl'], ['cl'], ['cc'], ['gcc'], ['clang'], ['clang-cl'], ['pgcc']]
  The following exception(s) were encountered:
  Running `icl ""` gave "[WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified"
  Running `cl /?` gave "[WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified"
  Running `cc --version` gave "[WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified"
  Running `gcc --version` gave "[WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified"
  Running `clang --version` gave "[WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified"
  Running `clang-cl /?` gave "[WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified"
  Running `pgcc --version` gave "[WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified"

  A full log can be found at C:\Users\Minh Tri\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-fl8sxvq5\numpy_24d3e6c9074442dbbfd918c9d5dd1965\.mesonpy-6yiuyd7v\meson-logs\meson-log.txt
  [end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

[rsforbes]

@TennisTerror - I'm not familiar with the error. Might try a Google search for the error or check with ChatGPT or Claude for suggestions.

A quick search on WARNING: Failed to activate VS environment: Could not parse vswhere.exe output seemed to indicate an issue with VSCODE C++.

[bieben]

I solved the same problem by changing the version of python from 3.13 to 3.11. I used virtualenv to change the version of venv.
virtualenv .venv --python=python3.11

Hope this helps!

[TennisTerror]

Nice. Really helpful