cannot import name 'remove_expired_responses' from 'requests_cache'

[lucbettaieb]

python version: 3.10.12
pygbif version:

Name: pygbif
Version: 0.6.3
Summary: Python client for GBIF
Home-page: http://github.com/gbif/pygbif
Author: Scott Chamberlain
Author-email: myrmecocystus@gmail.com
License: MIT
Location: /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages
Requires: appdirs, geojson-rewind, geomet, matplotlib, requests, requests-cache
Required-by:

Getting the following error upon import:

    import pygbif
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/pygbif/__init__.py", line 44, in <module>
    from .caching import caching
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/pygbif/caching.py", line 6, in <module>
    from requests_cache import remove_expired_responses
ImportError: cannot import name 'remove_expired_responses' from 'requests_cache' (/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/requests_cache/__init__.py)

[jmbarrios]

I believe this issue is fixed on PR #125

[jmbarrios]

This issue stems from the removal of the remove_expired_responses method in versions of requests-cache 1.2 and above. (See details at https://requests-cache.readthedocs.io/en/stable/project_info/history.html#id5)

Two workarounds address this problem:

1. Incorporate the changes proposed by @lucbettaieb in pull request Fix for #126 as initially proposed by @bbrangeo; pushing for speed (since i need it.. :) ) #127.

2. Update the requirements.txt file to restrict the requests-cache version to below 1.2. Add the following line:

   requests-cache<1.2
   

Option 2 ensures no other changes introduced in requests-cache version 1.2 are implemented, but it's important to note that the remove_expired_responses method is deprecated.

This issue currently impedes new installations of pygbif.