Trying to run django script as standalone - models error

Question

I am using django installed via cookiecutter(running inside virtualenv). On top of the file I try to setup django env. like this:

import os
import sys
import django
sys.path.append('/vagrant/my_project/my_project/')    
os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'config.settings.local')
django.setup()
from models import KeyO # This one loads models.py from the same directory.

models.py looks like this:

from django.db import models
from django.conf import settings
from decimal import Decimal
from django.core.validators import MaxValueValidator
from djmoney.models.fields import MoneyField    

class KeyO(models.Model):
    keyword = models.CharField('Keyword', max_length=1000, unique=True)
    ...

And here is the error:

RuntimeError: Model class models.KeyO doesn't declare an explicit app_label and isn't in an application in INSTALLED_APPS.

I didn't modify apps.py and my settings file loads this app at the end. Any ideas?

Note: Using py3.5 and django 1.10 dev

Edit:

local settings: https://gist.github.com/daniel1943/6148f27e157bdb251666 common(main settings): https://gist.github.com/daniel1943/76c46fcfaaa996c9fd66

Can you add your settings.py file in your original question? I want to check it. — Dandy
– Dandy, Commented Jan 13, 2016 at 2:30
I've run into the same problem here... I think its Django 1.9 dev though. Can't get it to see config.settings.local — Ryan
– Ryan, Commented Feb 10, 2016 at 16:19

Nema Ga · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-11 07:34:04Z

2

So here is the solution:

Instead of importing model with:

from models import KeyO

Do it like:

from myapp.models import KeyO

And the entire code to run standalone django 1.9+ scripts:

import os
import sys
import django
sys.path.append("/media/sf_VM_desktop/myproject/") #path to your settings file  
os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'myproject.settings'
django.setup()

from keywords.models import KW

answered May 11, 2016 at 7:34

Nema Ga

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