Can anyone help me with FER, can't import it

divya20 · March 5, 2026, 12:50pm

from fer import FER
ImportError: cannot import name ‘FER’ from ‘fer’

JamesParrott · March 5, 2026, 1:38pm

Assuming you mean the PyPi package, and assuming it has been installed successfully, FER isn’t in the root __init__.py in the latest version. Try:

from fer.fer import FER

github.com/justinshenk/fer

src/fer/init.py

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          # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
          # copies or substantial portions of the Software.
          #
          # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
          # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
          # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
          # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
          # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
          # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
          # SOFTWARE.
          import logging
          
          log = logging.getLogger("fer")
          log.setLevel(logging.INFO)
          
          __version__ = "25.10.3"
          
          __title__ = "fer"
          __description__ = "Facial expression recognition from images"
          __url__ = "https://github.com/justinshenk/fer"
          __uri__ = __url__