Error while importing function from a module in django webapp

Question

I am new to python and django and was trying to make a basic webapp and while doing that, i wanted to add some helper functions in a separate folder inside my app folder.

The structure is :

app
- utils
  - testFile.py
- migrations
- static
- urls.py
- views.py
- ....
- ....

My testFile.py has one function for now

    def testFunc():
        print("IT WORKS")

I am calling it my views.py

    from testFile import testFunc

and tried the following too

    from utils.testFile import testFunc

but none of them worked.

After that I checked for directories in which python is looking into using sys.path, and utils wasn't there, so I added it using sys.path.insert(), but that doesn't work too.

It keeps giving the no module named testFile error

I tried creating two simple python files and calling function of one from the other, it works there. So only while I am using in my django webapp, the error is coming. What am I doing wrong here?

Must read about packages and modules : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7948494/whats-the-difference-between-a-python-module-and-a-python-package — Vidya Sagar, Jan 30 '17 at 07:21

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 30 '17 at 02:06

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Try this:

from .utils.testFile import testFunc

Or pass the complete path:

from app.utils.testFile import testFunc

answered Jan 30 '17 at 02:06

fgalvao

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Thanks!! It worked. Actually i didn't had "__init__.py" file in my utils folder. Adding that and using your answer helped. – stupid_cannon Jan 30 '17 at 03:16
@The_Cthulhu_Kid Done! Sorry, never asked question before and didn't notice too. – stupid_cannon Jan 30 '17 at 09:25
No worries =) Welcome to Stack Overflow =D – The_Cthulhu_Kid Jan 30 '17 at 10:48

Error while importing function from a module in django webapp

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