First Django project will not launch - several errrors
Following the instructions in the tutorial to create a Django project, when it gets to the point to launch the application, I am getting multiple errors. I'm not sure it is a configuration issue or something else. I am using Python 3.12 and have the latest version of PyCharm.
Below is the output. Any suggestions?
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2023.3.1\plugins\python\helpers\pycharm\django_test_manage.py", line 168, in <module>
utility.execute()
File "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2023.3.1\plugins\python\helpers\pycharm\django_test_manage.py", line 142, in execute
_create_command().run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\commands\test.py", line 24, in run_from_argv
super().run_from_argv(argv)
File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 412, in run_from_argv
self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 458, in execute
output = self.handle(*args, **options)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2023.3.1\plugins\python\helpers\pycharm\django_test_manage.py", line 104, in handle
failures = TestRunner(test_labels, **options)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2023.3.1\plugins\python\helpers\pycharm\django_test_runner.py", line 258, in run_tests
return DjangoTeamcityTestRunner(**options).run_tests(test_labels,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2023.3.1\plugins\python\helpers\pycharm\django_test_runner.py", line 160, in run_tests
return super(DjangoTeamcityTestRunner, self).run_tests(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\test\runner.py", line 1067, in run_tests
self.run_checks(databases)
File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\test\runner.py", line 989, in run_checks
call_command("check", verbosity=self.verbosity, databases=databases)
File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 194, in call_command
return command.execute(*args, **defaults)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 458, in execute
output = self.handle(*args, **options)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\commands\check.py", line 76, in handle
self.check(
File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 485, in check
all_issues = checks.run_checks(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\checks\registry.py", line 88, in run_checks
new_errors = check(app_configs=app_configs, databases=databases)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\checks\urls.py", line 14, in check_url_config
return check_resolver(resolver)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\core\checks\urls.py", line 24, in check_resolver
return check_method()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\urls\resolvers.py", line 516, in check
for pattern in self.url_patterns:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\utils\functional.py", line 47, in __get__
res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\urls\resolvers.py", line 735, in url_patterns
patterns = getattr(self.urlconf_module, "urlpatterns", self.urlconf_module)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\utils\functional.py", line 47, in __get__
res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\urls\resolvers.py", line 728, in urlconf_module
return import_module(self.urlconf_name)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\Python312\Lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 90, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 994, in exec_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\myDjangoProject\urls.py", line 21, in <module>
path("todo/", include("todo.urls")),
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\.venv\Lib\site-packages\django\urls\conf.py", line 38, in include
urlconf_module = import_module(urlconf_module)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\Python312\Lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 90, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 994, in exec_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\todo\urls.py", line 2, in <module>
from . import views
File "C:\Users\bob\PycharmProjects\myDjangoProject\todo\views.py", line 2, in <module>
from models import ToDoItem
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'models'
Process finished with exit code 1
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The error seems to originate from myDjangoProject\todo\views.py.
Please share a simplified version of your project (you can upload it here: https://uploads.services.jetbrains.com/ and tell us the upload ID) or take screenshots of your project structure with all the files visible and a screenshot of ./todo/views.py contents and post it here.
Thanks for the quick response. I have uploaded a compressed, zip folder with the project files. Below is the ID.
2023_12_27_yqhkar6iDgv1gDxEs1pVi6
Thanks again!
Hey,
Thank you for providing the project.
The problem here is models import in views.py, change it to relative import, and everything should work as expected (
from .models import ToDoItem).Okay, that works, and I definitely missed the “.” in the code. However, I am now getting a 404 error.
The index.html file exists in the templates\todo\ folder so I'm not sure why it wouldn't find it. I'm not sure why the path would be empty, or where I would specify the path.