( django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Cannot import 'apps.accounts'. Check that 'mysite.apps.accounts.apps.AccountsConfig.name' is correct

Question

This is how it is structured The code inside apps.py of accounts folder file is

from django.apps import AppConfig
class AccountsConfig(AppConfig):
    default_auto_field = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
    name = "apps.accounts"

The code inside Settings is

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'mysite.apps.accounts',
]

I tried changing 'mysite.apps.accounts', to 'mysite.apps.AccountsConfig', and changing name = "apps.accounts" to name = "accounts" I am new to Django and was following How to make a website with Python and Django - MODELS AND MIGRATIONS (E04) tutorial. Around 16:17 is where my error comes up when I enter python manage.py makemigrate to the vscode terminal The error is

ImproperlyConfigured( django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Cannot import 'apps.accounts'. Check that 'mysite.apps.accounts.apps.AccountsConfig.name' is correct. Someone please help me.

Leyden

Answer 1

The solution was quite counterintuitive. You have to delete the

class AccountsConfig(AppConfig):
    default_auto_field = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
    name = "accounts"

from apps.py\accounts\apps\mysite. Then run python manage.py makemigrations and 2 new models 'UserPersona' and 'UserProfile' are created. the output in the terminal:

mysite\apps\accounts\migrations\0001_initial.py
    - Create model UserPersona
    - Create model UserProfile

Leyden

Sorry to bother, but didn't that modify or affect the functionality of your site as a whole? I'm having the same issue as you, I believe – Fabrianna

Answer 2

The name in apps.py should be the same (value) that you put in INSTALLED_APPS (in settings.py). That's the correct one.

from django.apps import AppConfig

class AccountsConfig(AppConfig):
    default_auto_field = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
    name = "mysite.apps.accounts"

settings.py code:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'mysite.apps.accounts',
]

Resistencia

Answer 3

The name in AppConfig should be same as the name provided in Installed Apps i.e., it should be "mysite.apps.accounts".

Cottager

Answer 4

You can add your apps package to the sys.path, so you don't need to worry about the name, and just include the name of the app in INSTALLED_APPS as always:

import sys
sys.path.insert(0, str(BASE_DIR / 'apps'))
INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # ...
    'accounts',
    # ...
]

Kayak