How to access a Django model outside a Django project? - django

Question

The problem below is raised after reviewing all the related SO questions, but unfortunately none of the answers brought a solution in my case (similar problem like: How to access Django models outside of Django?).
(with Django version: 4.1.1)
Having an application "simo" available with the related model, the db access works well from Django shell; but trying to access to it from outside Django as "scheduling.py", it just does not work.
import os
import django
os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'mysite.settings'
django.setup()
from django.db import models
from simo.models import Tasks
I tried to execute my python script in any folder:
beside manage.py,
beside settings.py and
beside models.py but none of them works.
[mysite]
[mysite]
[simo]
[migrations]
views.py
models.py
urls.py
__init__.py
apps.py
tests.py
admin.py
settings.py
urls.py
__init__.py
wsgi.py
asgi.py
scheduling.py
__init__.py
db.sqlite3
manage.py
The error received is:
C:\...\python.exe C:/.../mysite/scheduling.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\...\mysite\scheduling.py", line 5, in <module>
django.setup()
File "C:\...\lib\site-packages\django\__init__.py", line 24, in setup
apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
File "C:\...\lib\site-packages\django\apps\registry.py", line 91, in populate
app_config = AppConfig.create(entry)
File "C:\...\lib\site-packages\django\apps\config.py", line 178, in create
mod = import_module(mod_path)
File "C:\...\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1030, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1007, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 972, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 228, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1030, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1007, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 984, in _find_and_load_unlocked
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'simo'
Process finished with exit code 1
Could anyone advise me on how to resolve this issue?

Answer 1

Try calling
from django.db import models and from simo.models import Tasks before django.setup()