TypeError: 'module' object is not iterable Error

Using Django Mystery Errors
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I don’t understand why I have this error whenever I run the code. Plz help.

Exception in thread django-main-thread:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Mohamed Ali\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\django\urls\resolvers.py", line 720, in url_patterns
    iter(patterns)
    ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: 'module' object is not iterable

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Mohamed Ali\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\threading.py", line 1043, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
    ~~~~~~~~^^
  File "C:\Users\Mohamed Ali\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\threading.py", line 994, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Mohamed Ali\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\django\utils\autoreload.py", line 64, in wrapper
    fn(*args, **kwargs)
    ~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Mohamed Ali\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\commands\runserver.py", line 134, in inner_run
    self.check(**check_kwargs)
    ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Mohamed Ali\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 492, in check
    all_issues = checks.run_checks(
        app_configs=app_configs,
    ...<2 lines>...
        databases=databases,
    )
  File "C:\Users\Mohamed Ali\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\django\core\checks\registry.py", line 89, in run_checks
    new_errors = check(app_configs=app_configs, databases=databases)
  File "C:\Users\Mohamed Ali\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\django\core\checks\urls.py", line 16, in check_url_config
    return check_resolver(resolver)
  File "C:\Users\Mohamed Ali\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\django\core\checks\urls.py", line 26, in check_resolver
    return check_method()
  File "C:\Users\Mohamed Ali\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\django\urls\resolvers.py", line 532, in check
    messages.extend(check_resolver(pattern))
                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Mohamed Ali\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\django\core\checks\urls.py", line 26, in check_resolver
    return check_method()
  File "C:\Users\Mohamed Ali\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\django\urls\resolvers.py", line 531, in check
    for pattern in self.url_patterns:
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Mohamed Ali\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\django\utils\functional.py", line 47, in __get__
    res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
                                         ~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\Mohamed Ali\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\django\urls\resolvers.py", line 728, in url_patterns
    raise ImproperlyConfigured(msg.format(name=self.urlconf_name)) from e
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: The included URLconf '<module 'hello.urls' from 'C:\\Users\\Mohamed Ali\\Desktop\\lecture3\\hello\\urls.py'>' does not appear to have any patterns in it. If you see the 'urlpatterns' variable with valid patterns in the file then the issue is probably caused by a circular import.
2

See the final line of the error:

What does your hello/urls.py file look like?

3

My urlpatterns are correct, I followed the exact way a tutorial did it.

hello/urls.py:

from django.http import HttpResponse

def index(request):
    return HttpResponse("Hello, world!")
4

No, they are not.

The contents you are showing are more appropriate for a views.py file and not a urls.py file. Recheck your file contents more closely.

(Or, if the tutorial you are following does show this as the urls.py file, then that tutorial is wrong and you should find a better tutorial.)

5

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Ok, I appreciate the help.