how to provide 'make directory as source root' from pyCharm to terminal

Question

I have some problems with migrating to production:

cabox@box-codeanywhere:~/workspace/PEP$ python ./dev_scrapers/jordan.py                                                                                                                                                                       
Traceback (most recent call last):                                                                                                                                                                                                            
  File "./dev_scrapers/jordan.py", line 3, in <module>                                                                                                                                                                                        
    from utils import create_entity, create_id, custom_opener                                                                                                                                                                                 
ImportError: No module named utils

i have used pyCharm with button 'make directory as source root' how to execute such command in terminal?

Answer 1

You should add your source root directory to PYTHONPATH:

export PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH}:/your/source/root"

Answer 2

You can set the environment variable PYTHONPATH within the terminal as suggested by the accepted answer. This has to be done every time you start a terminal. In the case you use a virtual environment, you can place the variable assignment, like export PYTHONPATH="/your/source/root", in the file venv/bin/activate. Where venv stands for the name of the virtual environment directory.

Answer 3

I was able to set directory as root (and fix the unresolved import issue) doing the following:

from pycharm>Settings>Project>Project Structure select your project and from the file tree, select your django project directory then click the blue folder Source button to define the directory as your source.