Add Python 3.13 packages for Windows

[dvarrazzo]

Packages for other platforms already released: see #1692.

For Windows we need appveyor/ci#3927

[Erik-Stodola-Enerfrog]

@dvarrazzo Thanks for making note of this, this is currently impacting our team

Fingers crossed will be resolved soon. Have a great one 😇

[muizz-IHT]

Exception has occurred: ImportError
DLL load failed while importing _psycopg: The specified module could not be found.
File "C:\Users\Desktop\pg_connect.py", line 1, in
import psycopg2
ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _psycopg: The specified module could not be found.

I am using the latest version of python 3.13, on windows OS. so during my pip install psycopg2 the wheel build failed as i didn't install visual studio buildtools, once this was downloaded, the installation happened smoothly. But while running the code i am getting this error. Any help would be much appreciated!

Version of psycopg2 == 2.9.10

[Loparch]

I have the same problem as @muizz-IHT when I try to import psycopg2 on Python 3.13 (Windows OS).

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
import psycopg2
File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\psycopg2_init_.py", line 51, in
from psycopg2._psycopg import ( # noqa
...<10 lines>...
)
ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _psycopg: No se puede encontrar el módulo especificado.

Any help would be much appreciated!

[stephenjoly]

I am also having this exact issue. @muizz-IHT and @Loparch. I am on python 13. tried downgrading and that didnt help. Installed using pip install pyscopg2-binary, uninstalled and reinstalled a few times. Installed the visual studio C+ tools, etc. Tried everything I could now posting this here. The issue for me happens here:

$ c:/Users/myuser/Home/Development/venv2/Scripts/python.exe c:/Users/myuser/Home/Development/app/main.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\Users\myuser\Home\Development\app\main.py", line 30, in <module>
    engine=create_engine(DATABASE_URL)
  File "<string>", line 2, in create_engine
  File "C:\Users\myuser\Home\Development\venv2\Lib\site-packages\sqlalchemy\util\deprecations.py", line 281, in warned
    return fn(*args, **kwargs)  # type: ignore[no-any-return]
  File "C:\Users\myuser\Home\Development\venv2\Lib\site-packages\sqlalchemy\engine\create.py", line 599, in create_engine
    dbapi = dbapi_meth(**dbapi_args)
  File "C:\Users\myuser\Home\Development\venv2\Lib\site-packages\sqlalchemy\dialects\postgresql\psycopg2.py", line 690, in import_dbapi
    import psycopg2
  File "C:\Users\myuser\Home\Development\venv2\Lib\site-packages\psycopg2\__init__.py", line 51, in <module>
    from psycopg2._psycopg import (                     # noqa
    ...<10 lines>...
    )
ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _psycopg: The specified module could not be found.
(venv2) 

[offa]

Is there a change to workaround this by using Github Actions instead or Python 3.13rc1 on Appvayer?

[muizz-IHT]

Since Python 13 was just released in October, many library wheels and binaries haven’t been built yet. I tried using Python 12, which has been out for a year, and psycopg2 worked flawlessly. It’s also recommended to install Visual Studio Build Tools for C++ to ensure everything runs smoothly.
check the vsbuild installer here

[ninabel]

I can't install psycopg2-binary for python 3.13 on Windows 10.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>python -m pip install psycopg2-binary
Collecting psycopg2-binary
  Using cached psycopg2-binary-2.9.10.tar.gz (385 kB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
  Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Building wheels for collected packages: psycopg2-binary
  Building wheel for psycopg2-binary (pyproject.toml) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × Building wheel for psycopg2-binary (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [18 lines of output]
      running bdist_wheel
      running build
      running build_py
      creating build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-313\psycopg2
      copying lib\errorcodes.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-313\psycopg2
      copying lib\errors.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-313\psycopg2
      copying lib\extensions.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-313\psycopg2
      copying lib\extras.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-313\psycopg2
      copying lib\pool.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-313\psycopg2
      copying lib\sql.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-313\psycopg2
      copying lib\tz.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-313\psycopg2
      copying lib\_ipaddress.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-313\psycopg2
      copying lib\_json.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-313\psycopg2
      copying lib\_range.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-313\psycopg2
      copying lib\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-313\psycopg2
      running build_ext
      building 'psycopg2._psycopg' extension
      error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required. Get it with "Microsoft C++ Build Tools": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for psycopg2-binary
Failed to build psycopg2-binary
ERROR: ERROR: Failed to build installable wheels for some pyproject.toml based projects (psycopg2-binary)

I've tryed to install Microsoft Visual C++ but it doesn't help. I would like to have psycopg2-binary ready for use without reistalling OS.

[dvarrazzo]

@ninabel You are not required to reinstall OS. You can use Python 3.12 or move your project to psycopg 3.

[Erik-Stodola-Enerfrog]

@dvarrazzo Thanks for your help, we appreciate it. Using psycopg 3 has unblocked our team. Thank you! 😇🎖️

Official Python Packages - psycopg