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the following error occurs in my project:-
The module in NAME could not be imported: bookstore_app.validators.PasswordValidation. Check your AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS setting.
i created my own password validation and registered it on setting.py file like the following:-
setting.py

AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
    {
        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
        'OPTIONS':{'min_length':6},
    },
    {
        'NAME':'bookstore_app.validators.PasswordValidation'
        },
    
]

validators.py file

from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
from .forms import registerForm
class PasswordValidation:
    def __init__(self, min_length=1):
        self.min_length = min_length
    def validate(self, password, user=None):
        special_characters = "[~\!@#\$%\^&\*\(\)_\+{}\":;'\[\]]"
        if not any(char.isdigit() for char in password):
            raise ValidationError(_('Password must contain at least %(min_length)d digit.') % {'min_length': self.min_length})
        if not any(char.isalpha() for char in password):
            raise ValidationError(_('Password must contain at least %(min_length)d letter.') % {'min_length': self.min_length})
        if not any(char in special_characters for char in password):
            raise ValidationError(_('Password must contain at least %(min_length)d special character.') % {'min_length': self.min_length})
    def get_help_text(self):
        return ""
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Note: When posting code here, enclose the code between lines of three backtick - ` characters. This means you’ll have a line of ```, then your code, then another line of ```. This forces the forum software to keep your code properly formatted. (I’ve taken the liberty of fixing your original post for you.)

What is the name of the directory that your validators.py file is in?

3

bookstore_app is the app directory name where my validators.py file is there.

4

and setting.py file is included in my project direcotry which bookstore_project

5

Is bookstore_app in your INSTALLED_APPS setting?

6

yes. like this:-
INSTALLED_APPS = [
‘django.contrib.admin’,
‘django.contrib.auth’,
‘django.contrib.contenttypes’,
‘django.contrib.sessions’,
‘django.contrib.messages’,
‘django.contrib.staticfiles’,
‘bookstore_app’,

]

7

Try removing the from .forms import registerForm from the validators file. You are not using it in the validator, and there’s the possibility that it might be creating a circular import.

Also, if you’re getting a complete stacktrace it would be helpful to see the complete error being received.

8

i removed it. no solution yet

9

Ok, I’m going to need to see the complete command being run along with the full stacktrace. It’s probably worth posting your complete settings file at this time, too.

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this is the complete setting.py file
“”"
Django settings for bookstore_project project.

Generated by ‘django-admin startproject’ using Django 4.2.

For more information on this file, see

For the full list of settings and their values, see

“”"

import os
from pathlib import Path

Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / ‘subdir’.

BASE_DIR = Path(file).resolve().parent.parent

Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production

See Deployment checklist | Django documentation | Django

SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!

SECRET_KEY = ‘django-insecure-z#=e9#82)jp0g_gs$hkq$6@%4g4=c@g6otuj42%4113#01$d’

SECURITY WARNING: don’t run with debug turned on in production!

DEBUG = True

ALLOWED_HOSTS =

Application definition

INSTALLED_APPS = [
‘django.contrib.admin’,
‘django.contrib.auth’,
‘django.contrib.contenttypes’,
‘django.contrib.sessions’,
‘django.contrib.messages’,
‘django.contrib.staticfiles’,
‘bookstore_app’,

]

MIDDLEWARE = [
‘django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware’,
‘django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware’,
‘django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware’,
‘django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware’,
‘django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware’,
‘django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware’,
‘django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware’,
]

ROOT_URLCONF = ‘bookstore_project.urls’

TEMPLATES = [
{
‘BACKEND’: ‘django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates’,
‘DIRS’: ,
‘APP_DIRS’: True,
‘OPTIONS’: {
‘context_processors’: [
‘django.template.context_processors.debug’,
‘django.template.context_processors.request’,
‘django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth’,
‘django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages’,
],
},
},
]

WSGI_APPLICATION = ‘bookstore_project.wsgi.application’

Database

Settings | Django documentation | Django

DATABASES = {
‘default’: {
‘ENGINE’: ‘django.db.backends.postgresql’,
‘NAME’:‘Bookstore’,
‘USER’:‘postgres’,
‘PASSWORD’:‘Informatics4**’,
‘HOST’:‘localhost’
}
}

Password validation

Settings | Django documentation | Django

AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
{
‘NAME’: ‘django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator’,
‘OPTIONS’:{‘min_length’:6},
},
{
‘NAME’:‘bookstore_app.validators.PasswordValidation’
},

]

Internationalization

Internationalization and localization | Django documentation | Django

LANGUAGE_CODE = ‘en-us’

TIME_ZONE = ‘UTC’

USE_I18N = True

USE_TZ = True

Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)

How to manage static files (e.g. images, JavaScript, CSS) | Django documentation | Django

STATIC_URL = ‘static/’
STATICFILES_DIRS =[
os.path.join(BASE_DIR,‘static/’)
]
#BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(file)))

Default primary key field type

Settings | Django documentation | Django

DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = ‘django.db.models.BigAutoField’
AUTH_USER_MODEL = “bookstore_app.CustomUser”

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Please fix your post.

And please post the complete error being received with the traceback.