Django to desktop app with pyinstaller - django

Question

I'm trying to convert a django project into a desktop app.
I've downloaded the developer version of pyinstaller: github/pyinstaller/pyinstaller.
hookutils.py is modified as stated here: http://www.pyinstaller.org/ticket/754 in order for pyinstaller to find my root directory: Django root directory c:\Workspace\mysite\mysite
The project I'm trying to compile is the initial project gotten after running: django-admin.py startproject mysite, so no apps created yet.
When following the steps as described on pyinstaller (http://www.pyinstaller.org/wiki/Recipe/DjangoApplication) I get some errors when trying to run the server (
.\dist\mysite\mysite.exe runserver localhost:8080):
c:\Workspace\compiled>.\dist\mysite\mysite.exe runserver
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 11, in <module>
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.core.management", line 453, in execute_from_command_line
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.core.management", line 392, in execute
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.core.management", line 263, in fetch_command
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.core.management", line 109, in get_commands
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.conf", line 53, in __getattr__
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.conf", line 49, in _setup
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.conf", line 71, in _configure_logging
File "C:\Workspace\pyinstaller-develop\PyInstaller\loader\pyi_importers.py", line 270, in load_module
exec(bytecode, module.__dict__)
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.utils.log", line 6, in <module>
File "C:\Workspace\pyinstaller-develop\PyInstaller\loader\pyi_importers.py", line 270, in load_module
exec(bytecode, module.__dict__)
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.views.debug", line 11, in <module>
File "C:\Workspace\pyinstaller-develop\PyInstaller\loader\pyi_importers.py", line 270, in load_module
exec(bytecode, module.__dict__)
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.http", line 1, in <module>
File "C:\Workspace\pyinstaller-develop\PyInstaller\loader\pyi_importers.py", line 270, in load_module
exec(bytecode, module.__dict__)
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.http.cookie", line 5, in <module>
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.utils.six", line 84, in __get__
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.utils.six", line 103, in _resolve
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.utils.six", line 74, in _import_module
ImportError: No module named Cookie
If I then import Cookie in manage.py then, another error appears:
Unhandled exception in thread started by <bound method Command.inner_run of <django.core.management.commands.runserver.Command object at 0x02D86CF0>>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.core.management.commands.runserver", line 92, in inner_run
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.core.management.base", line 280, in validate
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.core.management.validation", line 35, in get_validation_errors
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.db.models.loading", line 166, in get_app_errors
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.db.models.loading", line 75, in _populate
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.db.models.loading", line 96, in load_app
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.utils.importlib", line 35, in import_module
File "C:\Workspace\pyinstaller-develop\PyInstaller\loader\pyi_importers.py", line 270, in load_module
exec(bytecode, module.__dict__)
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.contrib.auth.models", line 18, in <module>
File "C:\Workspace\pyinstaller-develop\PyInstaller\loader\pyi_importers.py", line 270, in load_module
exec(bytecode, module.__dict__)
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.contrib.auth.hashers", line 8, in <module>
File "C:\Workspace\pyinstaller-develop\PyInstaller\loader\pyi_importers.py", line 270, in load_module
exec(bytecode, module.__dict__)
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.test", line 6, in <module>
File "C:\Workspace\pyinstaller-develop\PyInstaller\loader\pyi_importers.py", line 270, in load_module
exec(bytecode, module.__dict__)
File "c:\Workspace\compiled\build\mysite\out00-PYZ.pyz\django.test.testcases", line 35, in <module>
ImportError: cannot import name _doctest
I have tried to import doctest, but it doesn't help.
Using python 2.7.4 and django 1.5.1
Edit:
So by adding django.test and HTMLParser to the manage.py, I got it to work:
import os
import sys
import Cookie
if __name__ == "__main__":
os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "OTA.settings")
from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
import django.test
import HTMLParser
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)

Answer 1

Django imports local doctest module. Maybe try import django.test?
Also from the PyInstaller docs about including additional modules:
You can give additional files on the PyInstaller command line.
You can give additional import paths on the command line.
You can edit the myscript.spec file that PyInstaller writes the first time you run
it for your script. In the spec file you can tell PyInstaller about code and data files that are unique to your script.
You can write "hook" files that inform PyInstaller of hidden imports. If you "hook" imports for a package that other users might also use, you can contribute your hook file to PyInstaller.
I also recommend py2exe, if PyInstaller won't meet Your needs.