I am setting up a new django project and
I would like to rename the three auth tables to include a django_ prefix.
i.e. rename to:
django_auth_group / django_auth_group_permissions / django_auth_permission.
I tried putting the following in __init__.py at the project root from this answer:
from django.contrib.sessions.models import Session
Session._meta.db_table = "django_auth_group"
but was getting the following error:
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Requested setting INSTALLED_APPS, but settings are not configured. You must either define the environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure() before accessing settings.
I'm not sure this is even correct. I think I should be overwriting the model somewhere in my models directory so I tried:
from django.contrib.auth.backends import ModelBackend
class AuthGroup(ModelBackend):
class Meta:
swappable = 'AUTH_GROUP'
db_table = 'django_auth_group'
but this also doesn't seem to create the new table when I re-run my docker container.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
I am trying to import my models into views.py but I am unable to do so. However I am able to register them on the admin site but when I use the same code I used in admin.py to import the models into views.py, I get an error. I am using djongo so I am not sure if that changes anything about how to import them and I cannot seem to find the documentation for it.
models.py
from djongo import models
class Round(models.Model):
round_num = models.IntegerField(default=0)
admin.py
from django.contrib import admin
from .models import Round
admin.site.register(Round)
views.py
from .models import Round
When I try and run my views.py file I get the following error: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'main.models'; 'main' is not a package
Also my views, admin, and models file are all in the same directory. I have made the migrations and I can see my Round model in MongoDB. The only thing I cannot do is import it to the view
You need to have an __init__.py file in your directory. It should be inside of your main folder and at the same level as your views.py and models.py
As a workaround, since the models properly migrate to MongoDB. Using pymongo I have just connected to Mongo and have rendered data into my views this way. It works fine so if anybody else has an issue loading in their models, you can always just connect directly to the DB.
can anyone help me in how to make the attched files opened from django admin website?
this is my code:
IDAttached = models.FileField(upload_to='/documents/%Y/%m/',null=True, blank= True)
Thanks in advance.
In order to see what the user of your django site uploads to the database you need to register your models.py of the app to the admin interface. For instance say you have models.py as below:
class ABC(models.Model):
ABCFILE=models.FileField(upload_to='<path>/%Y/%m/%d')
create an admin.py file inside your app folder and the following code:
from equipo.<your_app_name>.models import *
from django.contrib import admin
admin.site.register(ABC)
after this you be be able to see it on your admin interface.
If you have set MEDIA_URL correctly in your settings.py you should be able to get an address for those files at my_model.IDAttached.url
Django a runserver should display them for you in development but in production you'll need to configure your web server to display the contents of MEDIA_ROOT itself.
I've been following the DjangoProject tutorial. When I run python manage.py startapp newapp while in the same directory as manage.py. In the newapp directory I see init.py, models.py, tests.py, and views.py but not admin.py file. Where is admin.py?
I am running Django 1.5.1 in Windows 8
You have to create an admin.py file.
you don't necessarily need an admin.py file,
just import the admin module in your models.py file,
from django.contrib import admin
and for each model do the following:
admin.site.register(model1)
admin.site.register(model2)
However, this is not best practice, but since it's just a tutorial, it will work.
You also need to uncoment the relevant lines in the urls.py file
I think I had the same frustrations following the DjangoProject tutorial - however, when I cross-referenced it with with the DjangoBook tutorial (for the same version, I believe, 1.5.1), I found that an admin.py file was not necessarily created after a python manage.py startapp xyz command -- moreover, I also uncommented all of the admin options in urls.py, views.py, and settings.py - so a bit of a mix of what Neal and Ibrahim said
You have to create your own admin.py file in the app if you want it. Indeed, this file is optionnal and isn't created by startapp.
If you want a default template to begin your admin.py, it should be:
from django.contrib import admin
from models import Model1, Model2
class Model2Admin(admin.ModelAdmin):
list_display = ('title', 'content', 'date')
# Just an example, chekc docs and tutorials for more info.
admin.site.register(Model1)
admin.site.register(Model2, Model2Admin)
The reason there is no default admin.py is because you don't have any models yet when you create your new application; so there is nothing to add to the admin section.
Further, you may not want to admin all the models in your application; or you may be creating an application that does not need any admin hookups; or you may not be using the admin application at all in your project.
Since django cannot decide this for you, there is no default admin.py generated.
To create one, if you are following the tutorial - simply keep reading and in part two you'll create the admin.py file when you learn about the admin contrib app and how to integrate it with your custom models.
For some reason, when I add a new model and use Django South to sync the database by: /manage.py schemamigration myapp --auto and then the migrate line, I still can't see the model on the admin page.
South does say that it added the model though.. so I'm not sure what's going on..
Any thoughts?
Just because you created the model and synced it, does not mean it gets added to the admin page automatically. You must create an admin.py file in your app directory that contains
from django.contrib import admin
from .models import MyModel
admin.site.register(MyModel)
and make sure you have admin.site.autodiscover() in your main urls.py
This should all be covered in the tutorial pages for Django. Go back and RTM.