URL files error

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Hello I’m an 11 year old boy who looking to learn python and django. I have been trying this many times but I keep receiving this error it seems to be coming from this URL file

"""
URL configuration for demo project.

The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/topics/http/urls/
Examples:
Function views
    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
Class-based views
    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
Including another URLconf
    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
"""
from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path
from django.conf.urls import include

urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path("myapp/", include("myapp.urls"))
]

myapp/home

This is the error is keep receiving:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/kevin/code/django/demo/myapp/urls.py", line 2, in <module>
    from . import views
ImportError: attempted relative import with no known parent package
kevin@Jaspers-MBP-2016 django % /usr/local/opt/pytho
n@3.10/libexec/bin/python /Users/kevin/code/django/d
emo/demo/settings.py
kevin@Jaspers-MBP-2016 django % /usr/local/opt/pytho
n@3.10/libexec/bin/python /Users/kevin/code/django/d
emo/demo/settings.py
kevin@Jaspers-MBP-2016 django % /usr/local/opt/pytho
n@3.10/libexec/bin/python /Users/kevin/code/django/d
emo/myapp/urls.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/kevin/code/django/demo/myapp/urls.py", line 2, in <module>
    from . import views
ImportError: attempted relative import with no known parent package
kevin@Jaspers-MBP-2016 django % /usr/local/opt/pytho
n@3.10/libexec/bin/python /Users/kevin/code/django/d
emo/demo/urls.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/kevin/code/django/demo/demo/urls.py", line 22, in <module>
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 251, in inner
    self._setup()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/sites.py", line 605, in _setup
    AdminSiteClass = import_string(apps.get_app_config("admin").default_site)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 156, in get_app_config
    self.check_apps_ready()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 137, in check_apps_ready
    settings.INSTALLED_APPS
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 81, in __getattr__
    self._setup(name)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 61, in _setup
    raise ImproperlyConfigured(
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Requested setting INSTALLED_APPS, but settings are not configured. You must either define the environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure() before accessing settings.
kevin@Jaspers-MBP-2016 django % /usr/local/opt/pytho
n@3.10/libexec/bin/python /Users/kevin/code/django/d
emo/demo/settings.py
kevin@Jaspers-MBP-2016 django % /usr/local/opt/pytho
n@3.10/libexec/bin/python /Users/kevin/code/django/d
emo/demo/urls.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/kevin/code/django/demo/demo/urls.py", line 22, in <module>
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 251, in inner
    self._setup()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/contrib/admin/sites.py", line 605, in _setup
    AdminSiteClass = import_string(apps.get_app_config("admin").default_site)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 156, in get_app_config
    self.check_apps_ready()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 137, in check_apps_ready
    settings.INSTALLED_APPS
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 81, in __getattr__
    self._setup(name)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 61, in _setup
    raise ImproperlyConfigured(
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Requested setting INSTALLED_APPS, but settings are not configured. You must either define the environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure() before accessing settings.

If you want to see the full code it’s here GitHub - kevin2e754swap/Django-Cms

2

When I run python manage.py runserver 5000 from ~/code/Django-Cms/demo 

python manage.py runserver 5000
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/me/code/Django-Cms/demo/manage.py", line 11, in main
    from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'django'

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

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/me/code/Django-Cms/demo/manage.py", line 22, in <module>
    main()
  File "/Users/jasperfrumau/code/Django-Cms/demo/manage.py", line 13, in main
    raise ImportError(
ImportError: Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you forget to activate a virtual environment?

Once I have venv up in Visual Studio Code as shown here for example and run again I get

python manage.py runserver 5000
Watching for file changes with StatReloader
Performing system checks...

Exception in thread django-main-thread:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.10/3.10.13_2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/threading.py", line 1016, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.10/3.10.13_2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/threading.py", line 953, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "/Users/user/code/Django-Cms/demo/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/utils/autoreload.py", line 64, in wrapper
    fn(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/user/code/Django-Cms/demo/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py", line 134, in inner_run
    self.check(display_num_errors=True)
  File "/Users/user/code/Django-Cms/demo/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 486, in check
    all_issues = checks.run_checks(
  File "/Users/user/code/Django-Cms/demo/.venv/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 "/Users/user/code/Django-Cms/demo/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/core/checks/urls.py", line 136, in check_custom_error_handlers
    handler = resolver.resolve_error_handler(status_code)
  File "/Users/user/code/Django-Cms/demo/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/urls/resolvers.py", line 732, in resolve_error_handler
    callback = getattr(self.urlconf_module, "handler%s" % view_type, None)
  File "/Users/user/code/Django-Cms/demo/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 47, in __get__
    res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
  File "/Users/user/code/Django-Cms/demo/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/urls/resolvers.py", line 711, in urlconf_module
    return import_module(self.urlconf_name)
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.10/3.10.13_2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/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 "/Users/user/code/Django-Cms/demo/demo/urls.py", line 23, in <module>
    path("myapp/", include("myapp.urls"))
  File "/Users/user/code/Django-Cms/demo/.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/django/urls/conf.py", line 39, in include
    urlconf_module = import_module(urlconf_module)
  File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.10/3.10.13_2/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/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 "/Users/user/code/Django-Cms/demo/myapp/urls.py", line 5, in <module>
    path("home", views.home, name=home)
NameError: name 'home' is not defined

The error NameError: name 'home' is not defined in your myapp/urls.py file so that might mean that the string 'home' should be passed as the name argument instead of an undefined variable. VS Code also shows

"home" is not defined Pylance[reportUndefinedVariable]
(https://github.com/microsoft/pyright/blob/main/docs/configuration.md#
reportUndefinedVariable)

for home in

from django.urls import path
from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    path("home", views.home, name=home)
]

The home should made a string 'home with single quotes. But then you seems to have another undefined issue

NameError: name ‘myapp’ is not defined.

You may need something like

from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path, include  # include is necessary for including other app URLs

urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('myapp/', include('myapp.urls')),  # Include the URL configuration from the myapp app
]

but you better check your demo for imports and actual paths to be added

3

Welcome @kevin2e754swap !

You do not run individual files in a Django project. Running your urls.py file isn’t supposed to work.

You don’t mention how you’re trying to learn Django, so I don’t know what source information you’re working from. But, I would suggest you start with either the Official Django Tutorial or the Django Girls Tutorial

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hello sir…is there any way i can contact you privately?..if not i can just a few things about the issues i’m experiencing with my project.
So thing is i already complete my Student management system django webapp where i have columns for Matric number, First name, Last name, email, course of study and gpa. Also have a view, edit and delete icon button for every newly addded student.
So then i thought about adding some extra features on my own as i already finished builiding with a Youtube tutorial. So i wanted to add a photo ID feature to allow for image uploads for every student in a column before the first one which was the MATRIC NUMBER column. So i created a photo field in my app’s models.py and run migrations. Finally the photo column came up. But then i wanted to add an upload feature to my form so every student gets to upload a photo of themselves while uploading their records but this led to issues i havent been able to resolve ever since when i click the edit button it displays an error page

6

Welcome @Olufamous619 !

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