ImportError: Failed to import test module:

Question

im having an issue with a tutorial im following. we have gotten to the point of testing and i continue to get an error when running

python manage.py test

Here is my error:

(restapi) chrismaltez@Chriss-MacBook-Pro:~/Desktop/pycharmprojects/UDEMY/restapi/src$ python manage.py test
Creating test database for alias 'default'...
System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
..E
======================================================================
ERROR: src.status.tests (unittest.loader._FailedTest)
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ImportError: Failed to import test module: src.status.tests
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/unittest/loader.py", line 428, in _find_test_path
    module = self._get_module_from_name(name)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/unittest/loader.py", line 369, in _get_module_from_name
    __import__(name)
  File "/Users/chrismaltez/Desktop/pycharmprojects/UDEMY/restapi/src/status/tests.py", line 6, in <module>
    from .models import Status
  File "/Users/chrismaltez/Desktop/pycharmprojects/UDEMY/restapi/src/status/models.py", line 20, in <module>
    class Status(models.Model): #fb status, instagram post, tween, linkedin post
  File "/Users/chrismaltez/Desktop/pycharmprojects/UDEMY/restapi/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/db/models/base.py", line 118, in __new__
    "INSTALLED_APPS." % (module, name)
RuntimeError: Model class src.status.models.Status doesn't declare an explicit app_label and isn't in an application in INSTALLED_APPS.


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Ran 3 tests in 0.096s

I dont understand why i get this error because i have status in the installed apps here:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
        'django.contrib.admin',
        'django.contrib.auth',
        'django.contrib.contenttypes',
        'django.contrib.sessions',
        'django.contrib.messages',
        'django.contrib.staticfiles',

        #third party
        'rest_framework',

        #local
        'accounts',
        'status',
        'updates',
    ]

and then here is my models that its saying i am having an error with:

from django.conf import settings
from django.db import models


def upload_status_image(instance, filename):
    return "status/{user}/{filename}".format(user=instance.user, filename=filename)


class StatusQuerySet(models.QuerySet):
    pass

class StatusManager(models.Manager):
    def get_queryset(self):
        return StatusQuerySet(self.model, using=self._db)


# Create your models here.
class Status(models.Model): #fb status, instagram post, tween, linkedin post
    user            = models.ForeignKey(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL) # user instance .save
    content         = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True)
    image           = models.ImageField(upload_to=upload_status_image, null=True, blank=True) # great 3rd part package = django storanges --> AWS#pip install pillow to handle images
    updated         = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
    timestamp       = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

    objects = StatusManager

    def __str__(self):
        return str(self.content)[:50]

    class Meta:
        verbose_name = "Status post"
        verbose_name_plural = "Status posts"


    @property
    def owner(self):
        return self.user

i'm running on a Mac in django 1.11.8.

When i run makemigrations, i get no errors. when i runserver, i get no errors. i've tried this solution but nothing has worked.

Any and all help is appreciated.

-update- filetree:

restapi
|-bin
|-include
|-lib
|-scripts
|-src
  |-accounts
  |  |-api
  |  |  |-user
  |  |  |  |-__init__.py
  |  |  |  |-serializers.py
  |  |  |  |-urls.py
  |  |  |  |-views.py
  |  |  |-__init__.py
  |  |  |-permissions.py
  |  |  |-serializers.py
  |  |  |-test_user_api.py
  |  |  |-urls.py
  |  |  |-utils.py
  |  |  |-views.py
  |  |-+migrations
  |  |-__init__.py
  |  |-admin.py
  |  |-apps.py
  |  |-models.py
  |  |-tests.py
  |  |-views.py
  |-cfeapi
  |  |-restconf
  |  |  |-__init__.py
  |  |  |-main.py
  |  |  |-pagination.py
  |  |-__init__.py
  |  |-mixins.py
  |  |-settings.py
  |  |-urls.py
  |  |-wsgi.py
  |-status
    |-api    
    |  |-__init__.py
    |  |-serializers.py
    |  |-urls.py
    |  |-views.py
    |+migrations
    |-__init__.py
    |-admin.py
    |-apps.py
    |-forms.py
    |-models.py
    |-tests.py
    |-views.py

Answer 1

I ran into this issue where I got the ModuleNotFoundError for a folder in my path that I wasn't directly specifying.

I was running my test file inside PyCharm.

The fix was adding the main entry point to my test file:

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()

Answer 2

Also the test package should not have the same name as the source package. Eg:

- src
 - utils
  - utilities.py
- tests
 - utils
  - test_utilities.py

This setup can cause the error, although it depends on your PYTHONPATH and where you run the tests from. Note how there's utils package in both src and test directories. Renaming one of the packages seems to solve the problem, eg: utils and test_utils.

Not directly the situation that OP is facing, but I thought it's worth mentioning.