not recognizing module

[five-ipads]

Type: Bug

listen, i dont know what the fuck im doing but i cannot figure out how to get vscode to see the instaloader module. it works fine on my terminal.

Extension version: 2025.2.1
VS Code version: Code 1.97.2 (Universal) (e54c774e0add60467559eb0d1e229c6452cf8447, 2025-02-12T23:20:35.343Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 24.3.0
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2025-03-01 14:36:24.042 [info] (Client) Pylance async client (2025.2.1) started with python extension (2025.0.0)
2025-03-01 14:36:24.315 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) Server root directory: file:///Users/paige/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.vscode-pylance-2025.2.1/dist
2025-03-01 14:36:24.315 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) Pylance language server 2025.2.1 (pyright version 1.1.393, commit 3763156f) starting
2025-03-01 14:36:24.322 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) Starting service instance "<default>"
2025-03-01 14:36:24.333 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) Setting environmentName for service "<default>": "3.13.2 (global)"
2025-03-01 14:36:24.333 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) Setting pythonPath for service "<default>": "/usr/local/bin/python3"
2025-03-01 14:36:24.333 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) No include entries specified; assuming /<default workspace root>
2025-03-01 14:36:24.333 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) Auto-excluding **/node_modules
2025-03-01 14:36:24.333 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) Auto-excluding **/__pycache__
2025-03-01 14:36:24.333 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) Auto-excluding **/.*
2025-03-01 14:36:24.375 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) Assuming Python version 3.13.2.final.0
2025-03-01 14:36:24.404 [info] [Error - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) File or directory "/<default workspace root>" does not exist.
2025-03-01 14:36:24.405 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) No source files found.
2025-03-01 14:36:24.420 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) Setting environmentName for service "<default>": "3.13.2 (global)"
2025-03-01 14:36:24.420 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) Setting pythonPath for service "<default>": "/usr/local/bin/python3"
2025-03-01 14:36:24.420 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) No include entries specified; assuming /<default workspace root>
2025-03-01 14:36:24.420 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) Auto-excluding **/node_modules
2025-03-01 14:36:24.420 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) Auto-excluding **/__pycache__
2025-03-01 14:36:24.420 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) Auto-excluding **/.*
2025-03-01 14:36:24.438 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) Assuming Python version 3.13.2.final.0
2025-03-01 14:36:24.461 [info] [Error - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) File or directory "/<default workspace root>" does not exist.
2025-03-01 14:36:24.461 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) No source files found.
2025-03-01 14:36:24.639 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) Background analysis(1) root directory: file:///Users/paige/.vscode/extensions/ms-python.vscode-pylance-2025.2.1/dist
2025-03-01 14:36:24.639 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) Background analysis(1) started

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Memory (System)	36.00GB (0.07GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id ecebd25b-038b-4d5e-8183-9ae8ef32a47e
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[rchiodo]

Your logs say you're using this as your environment:

2025-03-01 14:36:24.333 [info] [Info  - 2:36:24 PM] (28005) Setting pythonPath for service "<default>": "/usr/local/bin/python3"

Is that where you installed instaloader? You might need to tell VS code which interpreter you're using:
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/environments#_select-and-activate-an-environment