Django: Creating a model instance when duplicate model names exist

Question

In one of my views I am importing models from two apps:

from mysite.business.models import Location
from mysite.directory.models import Location

As you can see, both Models have the same name. If I want to create an instance of one of these models, how do I define which one I require?

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-16 07:37:04Z

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Give them different names.

from mysite.business.models import Location as BusinessLocation
from mysite.directory.models import Location as DirectoryLocation

answered Jul 16, 2010 at 7:37

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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2 Comments

Matt Rowbottom Over a year ago

Thanks Ignacio. I was considering this approach but hadn't found it anywhere in the Django docs. Is this the recommended way of handling the same situation when using 3rd party apps?

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Over a year ago

It's the standard way of handling import conflicts in Python.

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