Unable to import Django models in python script

Question

My code is here. I have tried different approach from stackoverflow and non of them worked.

import os
import sys
from django.conf import settings

sys.path.append('/var/www/iaas/horizon')
sys.path.append('/var/www/iaas/horizon/openstack_dashboard')
os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'openstack_dashboard.settings'

from bill.models import MonthlyBills
from django.contrib.auth import models

If I run python daemonize.py, here is the error message I get. I am confused because I have already included my django project path in my sys.path

raise ImportError("Could not import settings '%s' (Is it on sys.path?): %s" % (self.SETTINGS_MODULE, e))
ImportError: Could not import settings 'openstack_dashboard.settings' (Is it on sys.path?): cannot import name connection

What I am trying to achieve is to create a python-daemon, I need to have an access in my django models.

I hope someone who could point me where I am mistaking here.

Austin Phillips · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-20 02:21:39Z

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You have to set up os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] before you import settings.

The process of importing django.conf.settings will look to see if the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable is set before determining white settings to load.

import os
import sys

sys.path.append('/var/www/iaas/horizon')
sys.path.append('/var/www/iaas/horizon/openstack_dashboard')
os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'openstack_dashboard.settings'

from django.conf import settings

answered Oct 20, 2013 at 2:21

Austin Phillips

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Django Bot Over a year ago

Thanks Austin for answering, I did what you have suggested but the issue still there. I am can't still import any django models in my script, the error message is the same. ImportError: Could not import settings 'openstack_dashboard.settings' (Is it on sys.path?): cannot import name auth

Django Bot Over a year ago

What I need to do is to have access in my django models for my python-daemon script

Bibhas Debnath Over a year ago

Is your script running inside the same environment as the django instance?

Django Bot Over a year ago

My script is located in my django project. But I am running the script separately. I use "python /var/www/iaas/horizon/collector/daemon.py run" to run the daemon script

Austin Phillips Over a year ago

@DjangoBot Put a print sys.path before importing Django settings to verify that your path is correct. This error could also occur if more than one directory named openstack_dashboard is on your sys.path, but one of the directories doesn't contain the settings.py file. Also check that there is an __init__.py in your openstack_dashboard directory.

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