Getting TypeError: __init__() missing 1 required positional argument: 'on_delete' when trying to add parent table after child table with entries

Question

You can change the property categorie of the class Article like this:

categorie = models.ForeignKey(
    'Categorie',
    on_delete=models.CASCADE,
)

and the error should disappear.

Eventually you might need another option for on_delete, check the documentation for more details:

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/models/fields/#django.db.models.ForeignKey

EDIT:

As you stated in your comment, that you don't have any special requirements for on_delete, you could use the option DO_NOTHING:

# ...
on_delete=models.DO_NOTHING,
# ...

Since Django 2.x, on_delete is required.

Django Documentation

Deprecated since version 1.9: on_delete will become a required argument in Django 2.0. In older versions it defaults to CASCADE.

From Django 2.0 on_delete is required:

user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)

It will delete the child table data if the User is deleted. For more details check the Django documentation.

Since Django 2.0 the ForeignKey field requires two positional arguments:

1. the model to map to
2. the on_delete argument

categorie = models.ForeignKey('Categorie', on_delete=models.PROTECT)

Here are some methods can used in on_delete

1. CASCADE

Cascade deletes. Django emulates the behavior of the SQL constraint ON DELETE CASCADE and also deletes the object containing the ForeignKey

2. PROTECT

Prevent deletion of the referenced object by raising ProtectedError, a subclass of django.db.IntegrityError.

3. DO_NOTHING

Take no action. If your database backend enforces referential integrity, this will cause an IntegrityError unless you manually add an SQL ON DELETE constraint to the database field.

you can find more about on_delete by reading the documentation.

If you are using foreignkey then you have to use "on_delete=models.CASCADE" as it will eliminate the complexity developed after deleting the original element from the parent table. As simple as that.

categorie = models.ForeignKey('Categorie', on_delete=models.CASCADE)

Here are available options if it helps anyone for on_delete

CASCADE, DO_NOTHING, PROTECT, SET, SET_DEFAULT, SET_NULL

Post Django version 1.9, on_delete became a required argument, i.e. from Django 2.0.

In older versions, it defaults to CASCADE.

So, if you want to replicate the functionality that you used in earlier versions. Use the following argument.

categorie = models.ForeignKey('Categorie', on_delete = models.CASCADE)

This will have the same effect as that was in earlier versions, without specifying it explicitly.

Official Documentation on other arguments that go with on_delete