How to setup virtual environment for Python in VS Code

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In my project folder I created venv folder   python -m venv venv   When I in VS Code run command select python interpreter my venv folder is not shown  I went one level up like suggested here but VS Code doesn t see my virtual interpreter   What did I miss

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I fixed the issue without changing the python path as that did not seem like the right solution for me. The following solution worked for me, hopefully it works for you as well :))

Open cmd in windows / shell in Linux/Mac.
Activate your virtualenv (using source activate / activate.bat / activate.ps1 if using power shell)

C:\Users\<myUserName>\Videos\myFolder>django-project\Scripts\activate.bat (django-project) C:\Users\<myUserName>\Videos\myFolder>
Navigate to your project directory and open vscode there.

(django-project) C:\Users\prash\Videos\myFolder\projects>code .
in VS Code, goto File --> Preferences --> Settings (dont worry you dont need to open the json file)
In the setting search bar search for virtual / venv and hit enter. You should find the below in the search bar:

Python: Venv Folders Folders in your home directory to look into for virtual environments (supports pyenv, direnv and virtualenvwrapper by default).

Add item, and then enter the path of the scripts of your virtuanenv which has the activate file in it. For example in my system, it is:

C:\Users\<myUserName>\Videos\myFolder\django-project\Scripts\
Save it and restart VS Code.
To restart, open cmd again, navigate to your project path and open vs code. (Note that your venv should be activated in cmd before you open vs code from cmd)

Command to open vs code from cmd:
code .

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There is a VSCode extension called  Python Auto Venv  that automatically detects and uses your virtual environment if there is one

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Many have mentioned the python pythonPath method   Another way is adding a envFile in the launch json like this                  name    Run            etc    etc            envFile      workspaceFolder  venv

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The question is how to create a new virtual environment in VSCode  that is why telling the following Anaconda solution might not the needed answer to the question  It is just relevant for Anaconda users  Just create a venv using conda  see here  Afterwards open VSCode and left-click on the VSCode interpreter shown in VSCode at the bottom left   Choose a virtual environment that pops up in a dropdown of the settings window  and you are done  Mind the answer of  RamiMa

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In vscode select folder and create WS and it will work fine

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I had the same problem and the solution was pretty easy       If you create a new conda environment while VS Code is running  use   the Reload Window command to refresh the environment list shown with   Python  Select Interpreter  otherwise you may not see the environment   there  It might take a short time to appear  if you don t see it at   first  wait 15 seconds then try using the command again     That s written on Vscode site  Note  to Reload Window  ctrl shift p in Vscode  then write reload window

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Have you activated your environment  Also you could try this   vscode select venv

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I had the same problem and it was because PowerShell was not updated  Sometimes Windows preserve version 2   and I had to manually download and install version 3  After that problem solved and I could use virtual environments very well

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For Mac users  note this bug  when you click  quot Enter interpreter path quot   you have two options   1  manually enter the path   2  select the venv file from Finder  It only works if I manually enter the path  Selecting with Finder yields some strange path like Library Developer CommandTools     which I understand

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If your using vs code on mac  it s important to have your venv installed in the same directory as your workspace   In my case my venv was in a different directory  not in my project workspace  so a simple cut copy-paste of my venv to the project workspace did the trick   As soon as your venv is copied to the project workspace  your vs code will pick that up and show a notification giving you an option to select venv as an interpreter

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This is an adding to  Sam answer that though is correct is missing the fact that anytime you open a folder in visual studio code  it create a  vscode folder  but those can be multiple  created any time you eventually open a directory  The  vscode folder has JSON objects that content properties such  setting json   in which one declare the Interpreter to use at that   vscode  level  refer to this for more clarifications What is a   39 workspace  39  in VS Code                    python pythonPath    VirtualEnPath bin python3 6           So potentially you could open VS code at another level in the virtual Env  it create another  vscode folder that assume as Python directory those of the global machine and so having such error  and has I experienced has nothing to do if the Virtual Env is activated or not   This indeed what happened to me  I have indeed a DjangoRESTAPI GEN folder in which I initially opened the IDE and it did recognize the Virtual Env Python path  the a few days after I opened it at the level where git is  so it did created another  vscode  that picked the global Python Interpreter  causing my lint in the Virtual Environment not been used  and the virtual env interpreter not even showed in  select python interpreter   But as wrote opening the IDE at the level where the  vscode that has the settings json with correct path  it does   Once you set the correct path in the setting json and select the virtual env interpreter  then VS Code will automatically activate the VE in its terminal

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P S   I have been using vs code for a while now and found an another way to show virtual environments in vs code   Go to the parent folder in which venv is there through command prompt   Type code   and Enter   Working on both windows and linux for me    That should also show the virtual environments present in that folder    Original Answer I almost run into same problem everytime I am working on VS-Code using venv  I follow below steps  hope it helps   Go to File  gt  preferences  gt  Settings   Click on Workspace settings   Under Files Association  in the JSON  Schemas section  you will find Edit in settings json   click on that   Update  quot python pythonPath quot    quot Your venv path bin python quot  under workspace settings   For Windows   Update  quot python pythonPath quot    quot Your venv path Scripts python exe quot  under workspace settings   Restart VSCode incase if it still doesn t show your venv

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I was having the same issue until I worked out that I was trying to make my project directory and the virtual environment one and the same - which isn t correct   I have a  Code Python directory where I store all my Python projects  My Python 3 installation is on my Path   If I want to create a new Python project  Project1  with its own virtual environment  then I do this   python -m venv Code Python Project1 venv   Then  simply opening the folder  Project1  in Visual Studio Code ensures that the correct virtual environment is used

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With a newer VS Code version it s quite simple   Open VS Code in your project s folder   Then open Python Terminal  Ctrl-Shift-P  Python  Create Terminal   In the terminal   python -m venv  venv   you ll then see the following dialog    click Yes  Then Python  Select Interpreter  via Ctrl-Shift-P   and select the option  in my case towards the bottom   Python 3 7  venv    venv Scripts python exe  If you see     Activate ps1 is not digitally signed  You cannot run this script on the current system    you ll need to do the following   https   stackoverflow com a 18713789 2705777  For more information see  https   code visualstudio com docs python environments  global-virtual-and-conda-environments

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