Python: import error message - Django

Question

I am a newbie to python and django, so I was running a code, and I got an error message as such:

File "/home/mbenchoufi/brisket/../brisket/views.py", line 11, in <module>
from influence.forms import SearchForm
ImportError: No module named forms

A really weird thing is that I have a file called forms.py, in the influence folder, and in this file a I have a class called SearchForm.

Here's the print sys.path infos

['/home/mbenchoufi/brisket', '/home/mbenchoufi/src/ckanclient', '/home/mbenchoufi/src/vdm', '/home/mbenchoufi/brisket/src/mediasync', '/home/mbenchoufi/brisket/src/transparencydata', '/home/mbenchoufi/brisket/src/simplepay', '/home/mbenchoufi/brisket/src/feedinator', '/usr/lib/python2.7', '/usr/lib/python2.7/plat-linux2', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-old', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/PIL', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gst-0.10', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntu-sso-client', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-client', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-control-panel', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-couch', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-installer', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-storage-protocol']
['/home/mbenchoufi/brisket', '/home/mbenchoufi/src/ckanclient', '/home/mbenchoufi/src/vdm', '/home/mbenchoufi/brisket/src/mediasync', '/home/mbenchoufi/brisket/src/transparencydata', '/home/mbenchoufi/brisket/src/simplepay', '/home/mbenchoufi/brisket/src/feedinator', '/usr/lib/python2.7', '/usr/lib/python2.7/plat-linux2', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-old', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/PIL', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gst-0.10', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtk-2.0', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntu-sso-client', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-client', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-control-panel', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-couch', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-installer', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ubuntuone-storage-protocol']

Answer 1

1. You should try export PYTHONPATH='/path/to/your/influence/folder' (or something similar depending on the shell you are using)

2. Try this stuff in the interactive ipython - if you get it working in there, then it is easy to get it working in the code. This is usually the best way to do, if you are a beginner.

Answer 2

Your project structure does not follow the Django 1.4 docs . Your manage.py file should be one level above of settings and urls. Check that out please.

Answer 3

You Must ensure that influence is in your sys.path.

so that, influence can be imported.

And, in folder influence , there are must a file named __init__.py

for make influence as a package.

add the following code in your views.py

import sys
influence_path = FIND_OUT_INFLUENCE_PATH
sys.path.append(influence_path)

from influence_path.foo import bar
...

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When you in a shell do import. As the error shows.

you must set the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE ,

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If you still confused,

in the shell, cd your project path, and run the tree command,

then post your project folder tree