AttributeError: Module Pip has no attribute 'main'

Question

I am trying to build the python api for an open source project called Zulip and I keep running into the same issue as indicated by the screenshot below.

I am running

Answer 1

My solution is to check the version number of pip and use the import the correct main function correctly

    import pip

    if int(pip.__version__.split('.')[0])>9:
        from pip._internal import main
    else:
        from pip import main
    def install(package):
        main(['install', package])