IndentationError: unexpected indent error

Question

I am new to Python and am getting this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File \"/usr/local/bin/scrapy\", line 4, in 
    execute()
           


        

Answer 1

While the indentation errors are obvious in the StackOverflow page, they may not be in your editor. You have a mix of different indentation types here, 1, 4 and 8 spaces. You should always use four spaces for indentation, as per PEP8. You should also avoid mixing tabs and spaces.

I also recommend that you try to run your script using the '-tt' command-line option to determine when you accidentally mix tabs and spaces. Of course any decent editor will be able to highlight tabs versus spaces (such as Vim's 'list' option).