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I'm Working through "The Django Book" and I keep getting the error "cannot import name current_datetime"
Urls.py:
from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, include, url
from mysite.views import current_datetime, hello
urlpatterns = patterns('',
('^hello/$', hello),
('^time/$', current_datetime),
(r'^time/plus/(\d{1,2})/$', hours_ahead),
)
My Views.py:
from django.http import HttpResponse
import datetime
def hello(request):
return HttpResponse("Hello world")
def current_datetime(request):
now = datetime.datetime.now()
html = "<html><body>It is now %s.</body></html>" % now
return HttpResponse(html)
My working directory:
./mysite:
__init__.py manage.py mysite views.py
No matter what I do, I get the same import error in urls.py line 2, regarding current_time:
Environment:
Request Method: GET
Request URL: http://localhost:8000/
Django Version: 1.5.1
Python Version: 2.7.3
Installed Applications:
('django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.sites',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles')
Installed Middleware:
('django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware')
Traceback:
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py" in get_response
103. resolver_match = resolver.resolve(request.path_info)
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/core/urlresolvers.py" in resolve
319. for pattern in self.url_patterns:
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/core/urlresolvers.py" in url_patterns
347. patterns = getattr(self.urlconf_module, "urlpatterns", self.urlconf_module)
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/core/urlresolvers.py" in urlconf_module
342. self._urlconf_module = import_module(self.urlconf_name)
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/utils/importlib.py" in import_module
35. __import__(name)
File "/Users/jvieitez/Code/djcode/mysite/mysite/urls.py" in <module>
2. from mysite.views import hello, current_datetime, hours_ahead
Exception Type: ImportError at /
Exception Value: cannot import name current_datetime
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Something is wrong with your working directory. manage.py and views.py should not be in the same directory. I would recommend renaming the inner mysite to something else, so you avoid the confusion, and views.py should be in the inner mysite directory. You said
from mysite.views import current_datetime, hello
but views.py isn't in the mysite directory. That's the problem.
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