error when running flask - no module with name '_crypt'

Question

i have a problem running flask. It started fine until I loaded a simple login form.

when running flask via gitbash, I get an error like this

flask run
 * Environment: production
   WARNING: This is a development server. Do not use it in a production deployment.
   Use a production WSGI server instead.
 * Debug mode: off
Usage: flask run [OPTIONS]
Try 'flask run --help' for help.

Error: While importing 'app', an ImportError was raised:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\****\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\crypt.py", line 6, in <module>
    import _crypt
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_crypt'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\****\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\flask\cli.py", line 234, in locate_app
    __import__(module_name)
  File "E:\Program Files\xampp\htdocs\****\app.py", line 2, in <module>
    from crypt import methods
  File "C:\Users\****\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\crypt.py", line 9, in <module>
    raise ImportError("The crypt module is not supported on Windows")
ImportError: The crypt module is not supported on Windows

btw, i used windows

Answer 1

remove this from the top of the file:

from crypt import methods 

it should work again. At least it did for me. VSCode may have autogenerated this for you.