Import error when importing python file from same directory

Question

I have the identical problem to the question posed here: Django custom form ImportError even though file is in the same directory

This is from my urls.py in a django application:

import bulkEdit
...
...
urlpatters = patterns('',
    url(r'^engine/$', component_views.engine, name='engine'),
    ...
    url(r'^admin/', include(bulkEdit.urls)),

My bulkEdit.py file is in the same directory as urls.py.

The error I get is

  File "/home/context/work/riot/src/venv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line 35, in import_module
    __import__(name)
ImportError: No module named bulkEdit

I get the same error if I try

from bulkEdit import urls as bulkEditUrls
...
...
urlpatters = patterns('',
    url(r'^engine/$', component_views.engine, name='engine'),
    ...
    url(r'^admin/', include(bulkEditUrls)),

bulkEdit is a file in the same directory as my urls.py file; file structure is

Rapier
|-component
|    |-__init__.py
|    |-admin.py
|    |-forms.py
|    |-models.py
|    |-views.py
|
|-Chassis
|    |-__init__.py
|    |-urls.py
|    |-bulkEdit.py
|    |-settings.py
|    |-views.py
|
|-manage.py

here is what I have tried so far (In all of these cases, 'Chassis' is in INSTALLED_APPS):

Using Python 2.7, so I get a syntax error with

import .bulkEdit

I've also tried:

url(r'^admin/', include(Chassis.bulkEdit.urls)),

gives me NameError: name 'Chassis' is not defined

url(r'^admin/', include("Chassis.bulkEdit.urls")),

gives me ImportError: No module named urls

url(r'^admin/', include("Chassis.bulkEdit")),

gives me ImproperlyConfigured: The included urlconf <module 'Chassis.bulkEdit' from '/home/userag/work/project/src/project/Chassis/bulkEdit.pyc'> doesn't have any patterns in it

url(r'^admin/', include(Chassis.bulkEdit)),

gives me NameError: name 'Chassis' is not defined

When I have

import bulkEdit
...
test = url(r'^admin/', include(bulkEdit.urls))

I get no error as long as it is not in the urlpatterns. When I add test to urlpatterns

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    url(r'^engine/$', component_views.engine, name='engine'),
    ...
    test

I get the error. Is there somewhere else I need to import bulkEdit due to me doing things with admin forms?

I get a syntax error with import .bulkEdit. It is a file in the same directory as urls.py — A G
– A G, Commented Dec 3, 2013 at 17:19

ndpu · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-03 16:52:23Z

4

Try relative import:

from .bulkEdit import urls as bulkEditUrls

answered Dec 3, 2013 at 16:52

ndpu

22.6k6 gold badges61 silver badges72 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

3 Comments

A G Over a year ago

I get No module named bulkEdit

ndpu Over a year ago

@AG did you add dot here: [.]bulkEdit?

A G Over a year ago

yes, I made sure to include the dot; I get No module named bulkEdit

Raydel Miranda · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-04 18:48:17Z

1

UPDATED : After comments

try: url(r'^admin/', include("Chassis.bulkEdit.urls"))

but first create the bulkEdit package and in there put the urls.py files. Then copy the code in bulkEdit.py to the

__init__.py

file of the package in order to provide backward compatibility with other parts of your code.

The problem may has to do with the fact that bulkEdit.urls isn't a python module.

your dir structure after changes:

Rapier
|-component
|    |-__init__.py
|    |-admin.py
|    |-forms.py
|    |-models.py
|    |-views.py
|
|-Chassis
|    |-__init__.py
|    |-urls.py
|    |-bulkEdit
|        |-__init__.py     
|        |-urls.py     
|    |-settings.py
|    |-views.py
|
|-manage.py

edited Dec 4, 2013 at 18:48

answered Dec 3, 2013 at 18:11

Raydel Miranda

14.4k3 gold badges48 silver badges66 bronze badges

6 Comments

Raydel Miranda Over a year ago

If Chassis is an installed app try put it between '' characters. I mean: url(r'^admin/', include('Chassis.bulkEdit.urls')) or url(r'^admin/', include('Chassis.bulkEdit')) one of them has to work. See docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/urls

A G Over a year ago

(sorry, formatting is lost)In all of these cases, 'Chassis' is in INSTALLED_APPS url(r'^admin/', include(Chassis.bulkEdit.urls)), gives me NameError: name 'Chassis' is not defined url(r'^admin/', include("Chassis.bulkEdit.urls")), gives me ImportError: No module named urls url(r'^admin/', include("Chassis.bulkEdit")), gives me ImproperlyConfigured: The included urlconf <module 'Chassis.bulkEdit' from '/home/userag/work/project/src/project/Chassis/bulkEdit.pyc'> doesn't have any patterns in it url(r'^admin/', include(Chassis.bulkEdit)), NameError: name 'Chassis' is not defined

A G Over a year ago

After adding Chassis.bulkEdit to INSTALLED_APPS and creating __init__.py and urls.py inside the bulkEdit directory, I still get the error No module named bulkEdit. I think there is an intermediate step in django where I should be including bulkEdit, but have not.

A G Over a year ago

When I do an include("chassis.bulkEdit.urls") in the python debugger, it shows `(<module 'chassis.bulkEdit.urls' from '/home/user/work/Rapier/src/Rapier/Chassis/bulkEdit/urls.pyc'>, None, None), so this file is able to find and recognise the bulkEdit module.

Raydel Miranda Over a year ago

Ok, try this last thing: include("bulkEdit.urls") or include(bulkEdit.urls) without "" if that dont works, I give up. :D

|

A G · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-05 12:01:16Z

1

The error was in my actual url pattern in bulkEdit/urls.py

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    (r'(?P<app_name>[^/])/(?P<model_name>[^/]+)-masschange/(?P<object_ids>[0-9,]+)/$', 'bulkEdit.mass_change_view'),)

should have been

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    (r'(?P<app_name>[^/])/(?P<model_name>[^/]+)-masschange/(?P<object_ids>[0-9,]+)/$', 'Chassis.bulkEdit.bulkEdit.mass_change_view'),)

The error of No module named bulkEdit originated from here.

answered Dec 5, 2013 at 12:01

A G

1,1472 gold badges23 silver badges37 bronze badges

Comments

alko · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-03 22:19:24Z

0

But django actually imports your bulkEdit from other directory, and I suppose bulkEdit containing folder is not in sys.path (other option is absence of __init__.py), hence the error. As your application usually is in sys.path, you can try to specify

url(r'^admin/', include('Chassis.bulkEdit.urls'))

edited Dec 3, 2013 at 22:19

answered Dec 3, 2013 at 16:52

alko

48.7k12 gold badges99 silver badges105 bronze badges

1 Comment

A G Over a year ago

hhmm, when I use url(r'^admin/', include('Chassis.bulkEdit.urls')) I get a ImportError: no module named urls

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Import error when importing python file from same directory

4 Answers 4

3 Comments

6 Comments

Comments

1 Comment

Your Answer

Linked

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

4 Answers 4

3 Comments

6 Comments

Comments

1 Comment

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Linked

Related