CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythondjango
zerohedge
zerohedge

Reputation: 3725

django: conf.settings missing variables

It's recommended to import the settings module as such:

from django.conf import settings

My settings module structure is:

├── settings
│   ├── base.py
│   ├── dev.py
│   └── prod.py

I have a variable, amb, defined in base.py, which both dev.py and prod.py import from:

 from .base import *

So how come when I do this in a test file:

import django

sys.path.append("/path/to/project/")
os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "root_folder.settings.dev")
# even when the above line is omitted
django.setup()
from django.conf import settings
print(settings.amb) # or settings.AMB

I get this error?

AttributeError: 'Settings' object has no attribute 'amb'

Same goes if I try settings.base.amb

Upvotes: 0

Views: 513

Answers (2)

Iain Shelvington
Iain Shelvington

Reputation: 32244

django.conf.settings will only return UPPERCASE variables from your settings module. It’s not that lowercase variables are imported as UPPERCASE, they aren’t imported at all.

You can try renaming it to AMB.

Upvotes: 2

JonPizza
JonPizza

Reputation: 129

Looks like you want settings.base.amb

Upvotes: 0

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