Issue with importing python file

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Greetings,

I have a problem with importing python file and calling it in views.py. In my case, I’m storing file (get.py) in the same directory as views.

Content of api.py:

import requests
from models import Company
from dateutil import parser


class GetRequest:
    # some code...

I’m importing it as such in views.py:

from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
from django.views import generic
from django.views.generic.edit import FormMixin
from .models import Bill, Company, Product
from .forms import BillDetailsForm, ProductDetailsForm, CompanyDetailsForm
from datetime import datetime
from api import GetRequest # this one


class IndexView(generic.ListView):
    template_name = 'racuni/index.html'
    context_object_name = 'bills_list'
    GetRequest()

I get the following error when I try to run server:

Watching for file changes with StatReloader
Performing system checks...

Exception in thread django-main-thread:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/threading.py", line 1009, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/threading.py", line 946, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "/home/person/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/utils/autoreload.py", line 64, in wrapper
    fn(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/person/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py", line 134, in inner_run
    self.check(display_num_errors=True)
  File "/home/person/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 487, in check
    all_issues = checks.run_checks(
  File "/home/person/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/checks/registry.py", line 88, in run_checks
    new_errors = check(app_configs=app_configs, databases=databases)
  File "/home/person/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/checks/urls.py", line 42, in check_url_namespaces_unique
    all_namespaces = _load_all_namespaces(resolver)
  File "/home/person/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/checks/urls.py", line 61, in _load_all_namespaces
    url_patterns = getattr(resolver, "url_patterns", [])
  File "/home/person/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 49, in __get__
    res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
  File "/home/person/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/urls/resolvers.py", line 696, in url_patterns
    patterns = getattr(self.urlconf_module, "urlpatterns", self.urlconf_module)
  File "/home/person/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 49, in __get__
    res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
  File "/home/person/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/urls/resolvers.py", line 689, in urlconf_module
    return import_module(self.urlconf_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1050, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1027, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 688, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 883, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/home/person/job/project/project/urls.py", line 21, in <module>
    path('app/', include('app.urls'))
  File "/home/person/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/urls/conf.py", line 38, in include
    urlconf_module = import_module(urlconf_module)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.10/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1050, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1027, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 688, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 883, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/home/person/job/project/app/urls.py", line 3, in <module>
    from . import views
  File "/home/person/job/project/app/views.py", line 7, in <module>
    from api import GetRequest
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'api'

I have already try to import like .api or app.api but didn’t work. When i delete import of api, application starts working again.

Thank you for response

2

from .get import GetRequest ?

3

Sorry, I made a typo.

Content of api.py

4

then from .api import GetRequest ?

5

Have already tried it, I get the same error message

6

you have something similar to this? :

dir
|__ models.py
|__ views.py
|__ api.py
7

Yes, api.py and views.py are in the same directory.

8

mm have you tried emptying api.py, put FOO = 'bar' in it (and only that).

then `from .api import FOO’

?

Have you also tried to kill you run_server and launch it again?

1 Like
9

I solved it, in api.py I imported:

from models import Company

instead of:

from .models import Company

Thank you for helping me :smiley: