Error after adding Django channels to installed_apps in settings file - django

Question

I am just trying out django channels so I created a virtual environment and installed django, drf and channels. It threw error asking for visual c++ build tools which got resolved after installing it. Then I created a channels project and an app. Then just for testing I added a sample model as below and registered it with the admin. It compiled well and also I was able to see the model in the admin page.
My Model Calss
from django.db import models
# Create your models here.
class College(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
address = models.CharField(max_length=150)
objects = models.Manager()
def __str__(self):
return self.name
My admin.py
from django.contrib import admin
from .models import College
# Register your models here.
admin.site.register(College)
Now the Problem
I added channels to the INSTALLED_APPS list in the settings.py file like below,
INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'channelApp',
'channels',
]
Now when I try to run the server using the runserver command I get the following error
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'win32api'
LookupError: No installed app with label 'admin'.
I have been searching but failed to find any suitable answer. Kindly help me out.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Just after I posted this I stumbled onto a SO post
Issue after installing django channels
Just to reiterate in short, this is an open bug and the work around is to install the following package
pip install pypiwin32
After installing you may have to close and reopen the editor for the changes to reflect. And the error is resolved.