Receiving tab error "inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation" even after converting from spaces to tabs in visual studio code

Question

I keep receiving this error from my application:

File "", line 67

for o in obj["physical_address"]:
                                ^

TabError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation

Here is my code:

@app.route('/location')
def get_testing_location():
    """Return selected state from drop down menu"""

    state = request.args['testing-state']
    url = f'https://covid-19-testing.github.io/locations/{state.lower()}/complete.json'
    res = requests.get(url)
    data = res.json()
    for obj in data:
        if obj["physical_address"]:
            for o in obj["physical_address"]:
                add=o["address_1"] 
                state=o["city"]
                print(f'{add} {state}')

    import pdb
    pdb.set_trace()

I have converted my visual studio code editor to use tabs instead of spaces and yet I still receive the same error.

does the editor convert spaces to tabs or just from now on it will be tabs not spaces? even if it converts, perhaps it doesn't convert e.g. 2 spaces into one tab (if it's 4 spaces). In which case you could try to convert all tabs to spaces in the document and see if you still get the error — Matthias
@Carcigenicate: You need to use the "Edit" view. The rendered output converts tabs to spaces. — user2357112 supports Monica

Molly Wang-MSFT Molly Wang-MSFT · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-25T09:14:05

Add "editor.renderWhitespace": "all" in Settings.json. There may be spaces and tabs mixed in your code. It's recommended to indent all by spaces.
Convert indentation to 4 spaces:

Save the file to see if the error goes away.

Receiving tab error "inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation" even after converting from spaces to tabs in visual studio code

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