[Python] Modulenotfounderror When Installing Python Package from Github

When installing the fantraxapi python package using pip normally (pip install fantraxapi), it yields no errors. However, when trying to install it from a git repo, it has a modulenotfounderror for requests.

pip install git+https://github.com/meisnate12/FantraxAPI.git@master

Collecting git+https://github.com/meisnate12/FantraxAPI.git@master (from -r requirements.frozen (line 1))
Cloning https://github.com/meisnate12/FantraxAPI.git (to revision master) to /tmp/pip-req-build-xfx4i9d6
Running command git clone --filter=blob:none --quiet https://github.com/meisnate12/FantraxAPI.git /tmp/pip-req-build-xfx4i9d6
Resolved https://github.com/meisnate12/FantraxAPI.git to commit 1ecc423a2e4c574bdb92679315450b8bcbe36de4
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [24 lines of output]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/weezy/.virtualenvs/eloSystem/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 389, in <module>
main()
File "/home/weezy/.virtualenvs/eloSystem/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 373, in main
json_out["return_val"] = hook(**hook_input["kwargs"])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/weezy/.virtualenvs/eloSystem/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 143, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return hook(config_settings)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-dcokerv8/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 331, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=[])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-dcokerv8/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 301, in _get_build_requires
self.run_setup()
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-dcokerv8/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 512, in run_setup
super().run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-dcokerv8/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 317, in run_setup
exec(code, locals())
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/tmp/pip-req-build-xfx4i9d6/fantraxapi/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
from fantraxapi.fantrax import FantraxAPI
File "/tmp/pip-req-build-xfx4i9d6/fantraxapi/fantrax.py", line 3, in <module>
from requests import Session
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'requests'
[end of output]

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


I'm trying to install one of the forks of this repo. How can I get rid of this error?

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