( django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Cannot import 'apps.accounts'. Check that &-CodePudding

This is how it is structured The code inside apps.py of accounts folder file is

from django.apps import AppConfig
class AccountsConfig(AppConfig):
    default_auto_field = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
    name = "apps.accounts"

The code inside Settings is

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'mysite.apps.accounts',
]

I tried changing 'mysite.apps.accounts', to 'mysite.apps.AccountsConfig', and changing name = "apps.accounts" to name = "accounts" I am new to Django and was following How to make a website with Python and Django - MODELS AND MIGRATIONS (E04) tutorial. Around 16:17 is where my error comes up when I enter python manage.py makemigrate to the vscode terminal The error is

ImproperlyConfigured( django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Cannot import 'apps.accounts'. Check that 'mysite.apps.accounts.apps.AccountsConfig.name' is correct. Someone please help me.

CodePudding user response：

To define new app you do not need to add it's path just app it's name like that 'accounts' note that app name is case sensitive

so your installed app became :

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'accounts',
]

CodePudding user response：

The solution was quite counterintuitive. You have to delete the

class AccountsConfig(AppConfig):
    default_auto_field = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
    name = "accounts"

from apps.py\accounts\apps\mysite. Then run python manage.py makemigrations and 2 new models 'UserPersona' and 'UserProfile' are created. the output in the terminal:

mysite\apps\accounts\migrations\0001_initial.py
    - Create model UserPersona
    - Create model UserProfile