Using Constants in Settings.py

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Can I use a variable declared in the Django project's settings.py in one of my module files?

For instance, using DATABASE_HOST = 'databasename'?

I'm trying to get the name of the server the application is currently deployed on you see.

Jarret Hardie · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-07 15:54:53Z

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You certainly can... it's encouraged, in fact. To use it, import the settings from django.conf (this imports your project's settings):

from django.conf import settings
print "My database host is %s" % settings.DATABASE_HOST

The documentation on Using settings in Python code explains why this works, and why this is preferable over importing the the settings.py module directly.

answered Dec 7, 2009 at 15:54

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user221209 Over a year ago

for some constants, it would be interesting to use getattr() getattr(settings, "ITEMS_PER_PAGE", 25)

user187676 · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-07 15:55:24Z

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yes

from django.conf import settings

print settings.MY_SETTINGS_VAR

answered Dec 7, 2009 at 15:55

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