SyntaxError SECRET_KEY

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Dash LaLonde

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Jan 5, 2020, 4:07:30 PM1/5/20
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Well I can't go any further, I keep getting SyntaxError SECRET_KEY, the only thing I changed was I added another os.path.dirname to the
settings because that is where it exists. I also set the domain and ip address, neither of which should create the error. While this is a new
endeavor to learn something new, I can't waste time on this, when the only answer I can find the SyntaxError is due to incorrect spacing between command and setting.
Can only move it one spot in either direction and neither work, so if anyone has a better solution let me know, I would like to be able to
learn Django. this is how my settings look

 # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = '(%_cwwe@d#gg&+$myg9c%f961^y(kfd*-q=81k28y%#q&*6%o*'

this is my error message

    SECRET_KEY = '(%_cwwe@d#gg&+$myg9c%f961^y(kfd*-q=81k28y%#q&*6%o*'
             ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Thanks

Mohamed A

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Jan 5, 2020, 4:13:43 PM1/5/20
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Be careful your secret key contains a #

Which comment everything after

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Integr@te System

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Jan 6, 2020, 12:44:32 AM1/6/20
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Hi Dash,

Let a look at this config:

settings_secret.py

# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!

SECRET_KEY = '..key'

settings.py

from settings_secret import *

and .gitignore

# Secret Settings
settings_secret.py

Careful for path to file directory.
Nice.



Stephen J. Butler

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Jan 6, 2020, 12:51:02 AM1/6/20
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On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 3:13 PM Mohamed A <sim...@gmail.com> wrote:
Be careful your secret key contains a #

Which comment everything after


Not when it's quoted as part of a string. It should be fine in this case. 

Stephen J. Butler

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Jan 6, 2020, 12:52:03 AM1/6/20
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My guess is that you have an unbalanced '(' on a previous line and the error doesn't get thrown until here (when it thinks maybe SECRET_KEY is a kwarg to the function call). What does the previous setting or two look like?

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Dash LaLonde

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Jan 6, 2020, 1:44:23 AM1/6/20
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Hello,

Thanks for the response. I deleted that project and started a new one, got through the SyntaxError. I left it alone for now working on my website. Last issue I had was not being able to see the home page. I got the response Congrats page, but even though I changed the debug to false, it still showed true and wouldn't display the main page.

I am just being curious about Django, no reason to spend to much time on it right now. Hopefully I will get back to it tomorrow and see what I can figure out. I am following a video by TraversyMedia, so I don't have any emergency at the moment. Thanks though.


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