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hampusohlsson
hampusohlsson

Reputation: 10219

Import relative apps in Django

I'm new to Django and have a question about app structure and imports. My project structure looks like this (from deploydjango.com):

root/
     manage.py
     mysite/
         __init__.py
         urls.py
         wsgi.py
         settings/
         apps/
             __init__.py
             profile
                 __init__.py
                 models.py
                 views.py
             video
                 __init__.py
                 models.py
                 views.py
             photos
                 __init__.py
                 models.py
                 views.py

Basically I will have some profiles on my site, where each profile then have a number of uploaded photos and videos. So in my video model I have the following code:

from django.db import models
from XXXXX import Profile

class Video(models.Model):
    # more fields
    company = models.ForeignKey(Profile, related_name='videos')

How do I import the Profile model for use in the Video model? Or is my structure not suitable..? What would be best practice for this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 121

Answers (1)

Paulo Bu
Paulo Bu

Reputation: 29794

I think your structure is fine. Basically, python's modules are just a python file which you may import like this: import <filename> and you will have its functionality imported. But when you group some python files in a folder and include in that folder a file called init.py there you have a python package. With is a better way to manage a group of modules and it allows the dot notation in your imports. Django apps behave like packages as you may see.

If you want to import Profile within your video module then you have to do this:

from profile.models import Profile

That is, assuming that the Profile model is defined in your profile app in models.py. That should do.

If you want more information about python project structure this is a great place.

Upvotes: 1

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