Python Spacy says it is loaded, but I cannot use it.

[Hiblet]

I am trying to install spacy, but I cannot access it by name.

I have used...

    from ayx import Alteryx
    from ayx import Package
    Alteryx.installPackages(package="pandas",install_type="install --user --no-warn-script-location")
    Alteryx.installPackages(package="spacy",install_type="install --user --no-warn-script-location")

then

    !python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm

...and this returns...

[+] Download and installation successful
You can now load the package via spacy.load('en_core_web_sm')

...but when I try to use spacy, in this line...

    nlp = spacy.load('en_core_web_sm')

...I get an error message about not being able to resolve the name spacy...

    3
    4 # Load the pre-trained model for English language
    ----> 5 nlp = spacy.load('en_core_web_sm')
    6
    7 # Define the text you want to extract named entities from

    NameError: name 'spacy' is not defined

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong, please?  I get positive feedback about the library being loaded, but cannot access it.

[PhilipMannering · Accepted solution]

You only need to install once.

Once it's installed you can import it,

import spacy

And then start using it.

[Hiblet]

Darn, I am not a python person, just trying to kludge up a solution, and I missed this bit.  Many thanks @PhilipMannering