Tutorial part 1 Parent module not loaded

[jfr...@yahoo.com]

Hi,

I am very new to Python and Django but not to programming. I have been programming for 30 years. That said I am trying to work my way thru the Django tutorial part 1 and I am confronted with the following error I can't get past:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "urls.py", line 3, in <module>
    from . import views
SystemError: Parent module '' not loaded, cannot perform relative import
Press any key to continue . . .

I'm sure you will request additional information but at this point I'm not sure what you will want to see.  I will post whatever you require.I have started over 3 times with the same results.  I believe I have followed the steps faithfully and I have setup the directory structures as you direct.  I didn't change anything. I'm running python 3.5.1 and Django 1.9.1. 

I would appreciate any help getting thru this as its becoming very frustrating

Thanks

[Avraham Serour]

can you post your urls.py

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[jfr...@yahoo.com]

Thank you for the response.  Since there are 2 of them I have posted both.  I have highlighted in yellow the places where they reside.  I have also attached the outer directory structure showing c:\djangoprojects and also a shot of the mysite structure.  I set this up as per the tutorial instructions or so I think I did.

mysite--->polls--->urls.py

from django.conf.urls import url

from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^$', views.index, name='index'),
]

mysite--->mysite--->urls.py

from django.conf.urls import include, url
from django.contrib import admin

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^polls/', include('polls.urls')),
    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
]

[Avraham Serour]

please try:

from polls import views

or

import views

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[jfr...@yahoo.com]

That is something I have tried. When I do it that way and run the program there is no error.  However, when I attempt to start the server from the command prompt I am presented with the following meesages which ends with 'Import error: No module named views'

c:\djangoprojects\mysite>python manage.py runserver
Performing system checks...

Unhandled exception in thread started by <function check_errors.<locals>.wrapper at 0x03A418A0>

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\utils\autoreload.py", line 226, in wrapper
    fn(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\commands\runserver.py", line 116, in inner_run
    self.check(display_num_errors=True)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 426, in check
    include_deployment_checks=include_deployment_checks,
  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\core\checks\registry.py", line 75, in run_checks
    new_errors = check(app_configs=app_configs)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\core\checks\urls.py", line 10, in check_url_config
    return check_resolver(resolver)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\core\checks\urls.py", line 19, in check_resolver
    for pattern in resolver.url_patterns:
  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\utils\functional.py", line 33, in __get__
    res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\core\urlresolvers.py", line 417, in url_patterns
    patterns = getattr(self.urlconf_module, "urlpatterns", self.urlconf_module)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\utils\functional.py", line 33, in __get__
    res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\core\urlresolvers.py", line 410, in urlconf_module
    return import_module(self.urlconf_name)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 986, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 969, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 958, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 673, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 662, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 222, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "c:\djangoprojects\mysite\mysite\urls.py", line 20, in <module>

    url(r'^polls/', include('polls.urls')),

  File "C:\Python35\lib\site-packages\django\conf\urls\__init__.py", line 52, in include
    urlconf_module = import_module(urlconf_module)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 986, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 969, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 958, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 673, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 662, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 222, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "c:\djangoprojects\mysite\polls\urls.py", line 3, in <module>
    import views
ImportError: No module named 'views'

[sum abiut]

The problem is how you import your views form your urls.py

you have to import also your poll views from mysite urls.py

you should try this:

mysite--->mysite--->urls.py

from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
from django.contrib import admin
from poll import views

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    url(r'^poll/', include('poll.urls')),

    url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
)

Hope this helps.

Cheers

mysite--->polls--->urls.py

from django.conf.urls import url

from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^$', views.index, name='index'),
]

mysite--->mysite--->urls.py

from django.conf.urls import include, url
from django.contrib import admin

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^polls/', include('polls.urls')),
    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
]

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[jfr...@yahoo.com]

I tried your solution and had the same results

from django.conf.urls import include, url
from django.contrib import admin

from polls import views

urlpatterns = [

    url(r'^polls/', include('polls.urls')),
    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
]

RESULTS

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "urls.py", line 18, in <module>
    from polls import views
ImportError: No module named 'polls'

Press any key to continue . . .

On Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 10:07:21 AM UTC-5, jfr...@yahoo.com wrote:

[sum abiut]

What is your app name? are you sure the name is polls??. The solution i mention works.

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[jfr...@yahoo.com]

Is it possible that that the way the sys and user paths are set up can cause this problem.  When I used the command prompt of python from the python directory I received the error, however, when I changed the directory to c:\djangoprojects\mysite\polls and then imported views it worked fine.

[sum abiut]

Yes it could be how you have set up your directories. You could try

from django.conf.urls import include, url
from django.contrib import admin

from myproject.polls import views

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^polls/', include('polls.urls')),
    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
]

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