Can't import a module using 'mip', (VSCODE/Pico W/micropython), but works with pip and VSCODE Python

[breezin320]

I am trying to import 'untangle' to use on a Pico W; am using VSCODE, Pico-W-Go. I can import 'untangle' using pip, and the module is found when running Python in VSCODE and import. However, when I use REPL, and 'mip' install 'untangle', it reports not found. Here's the result:

mip.install("untangle")
Installing untangle (latest) from https://micropython.org/pi/v2 to /lib
Package not found: https://micropython.org/pi/v2/package/6/untangle/latest.json
Package may be partially installed

I tried looking at the links directly, but they either don't exist, or are forbidden. I'm pretty new at this, so appreciate the help and guidance!

best,
dave

[ricksorensen]

mip does not use the PyPi data base like pip. Does this answer from developers help?
https://github.com/orgs/micropython/discussions/9565

[bidrohini]

[mattytrentini]

@bidrohini it appears that you are regularly using ChatGPT - or some other LLM - to produce answers to questions. 😛 If you're going to insist on doing so then please review and edit the response for correctness and trim for brevity. So far, the suspicious responses have been a mix of incorrect, confusing and misleading...with an occasional useful nugget. If you're unsure whether the answer is correct then please refrain from posting.

[scruss]

by untangle, do you mean this: stchris/untangle: Converts XML to Python objects?

If so, this won't work with MicroPython: it relies on xml.sax, which isn't ported to MicroPython and would probably run out of memory on most ports

[breezin320]

Thanks, all, for your responses! I think using an approach other than 'mip' and what's available in the micropython library might trip over a bunch of issues, such as missing dependencies, improper imports, etc. I am such a beginner that these would take me down a rabbit hole that I'd never be able to crawl out of.....

The original issue was to find a way to parse an XML website page. This point was made by SCRUSS, the xml libraries might be too huge to really work on a PICO. Fortunately, we have some tools with regex (but not .findall! :-)), and the page is straightforward, that a site-specific parser could work...

thanks again to all for your help, advice and guidance....much appreciated!