# AttributeError: module 'pinecone' has no attribute 'init'
**URL:** https://community.pinecone.io/t/attributeerror-module-pinecone-has-no-attribute-init/4132
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 17, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/attributeerror-module-pinecone-has-no-attribute-init/4132 "2024-01-17T10:00:02Z")
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### Author:  [@udaymungalpara108](https://community.pinecone.io/u/udaymungalpara108)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/attributeerror-module-pinecone-has-no-attribute-init/4132/1 "2024-01-17T10:00:02Z")
try to install many time with new envirment but steal facing error of AttributeError: module ‘pinecone’ has no attribute ‘init’
pip3 install pinecone-client
import pinecone
pinecone.init(
api\_key=os.getenv(“PINECONE\_API\_KEY”),
environment=os.getenv(“PINECONE\_ENV”), a
)
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### Author:  [@mkr1](https://community.pinecone.io/u/mkr1)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/attributeerror-module-pinecone-has-no-attribute-init/4132/2 "2024-01-17T21:42:06Z")
Pinecone released a new version yesterday [pinecone-client · PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/pinecone-client/)
`pinecone.init` is now legacy initialization and the `init` step has been removed. Guidance is available in the [Pinecone Python SDK v3.0.0 Migration Guide](https://canyon-quilt-082.notion.site/Pinecone-Python-SDK-v3-0-0-Migration-Guide-056d3897d7634bf7be399676a4757c7b#a21aff70b403416ba352fd30e300bce3)
New methods:
```auto
import os
from pinecone import Pinecone
pc = Pinecone(api_key=os.environ.get('XXX'))
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.pinecone.io/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.pinecone.io/t/attributeerror-module-pinecone-has-no-attribute-init/4132/3 "2024-01-26T20:49:02Z")
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