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    Pythonlangchain-coreutilsutilsguard_import
    Function●Since v0.1

    guard_import

    Dynamically import a module.

    Raise an exception if the module is not installed.

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    guard_import(
      module_name: str,
      *,
      pip_name: str | None = None,
      package: str | None = None
    ) -> Any

    Parameters

    NameTypeDescription
    module_name*str

    The name of the module to import.

    pip_namestr | None
    Default:None

    The name of the module to install with pip.

    packagestr | None
    Default:None

    The package to import the module from.

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