How to resolve Module Not Found

Question

Hello guys i am trying to create a simple project with flask and it is my first time using init .py file. The tree structure is like this

FlaskApi/venv
├── lib64 -> lib
├── flaskapi
│   ├── generate_dummy_data.py
│   └── models.py
|   └── routes.py
│   └── __init__.py
    └── linked_list.py
│   └── sqlitedb.db
├── pyvenv.cfg
└── run.py

My generate_dummy_data.py file import is like this:

from flaskapi import db
from flaskapi.models import User, BlogPost

My init .py file is like this:

from flask import Flask

from sqlite3 import Connection as SQLite3Connection
from sqlalchemy import event
from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine
from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy


app = Flask(__name__)

app.config["SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI"] = "sqlite:///sqlitedb.db"
app.config["SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS"] = 0
db = SQLAlchemy(app)

My models.py file is like this:

from flaskapi import db
from datetime import datetime

When i try to run the file generate_dummy_data.file i get this error:

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'flaskapi'

Can someone pls explain to me why this is happening? Thank you guys for your time

Answer 1

Since you're running generate_dummy_data.py from the command line, you should move it out of the flaskapi folder (to the same level as the run.py script). Ie:

FlaskApi/venv
├── lib64 -> lib
├── flaskapi
|   |
│   └── models.py
|   └── routes.py
│   └── __init__.py
    └── linked_list.py
│   └── sqlitedb.db
├── pyvenv.cfg
└── run.py
|--- generate_dummy_data.py <- should be here