CommandError: No fixture named 'myapp' found

Question

I created a json file myapp/fixtures/initial_data.json , which has the data to be loaded.

But when I run

python manage.py loaddata myapp

Getting below error

CommandError: No fixture named 'myapp' found.

What could be reason for the error?

Answer 1

python manage.py loaddata myapp/fixtures/initial_data.json 

you need to pass the file name with full path

Answer 2

python manage.py loaddata should be followed by fixture name, not app name.

So instead of typing: python manage.py loaddata myapp

you should type python manage.py loaddata initial_data or python manage.py loaddata initial_data.json (Of course full path is fine too if you don't mind the long string.)

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