virtualenv raises importerror because of changing app name in django

Question

I've used [this link] to rename my django app. So I've edited some files and table's name and so on. But as it has been mentioned in that link, There is problem with virtualenv. So how can I fix it? I've change name "notes" to "blog".

The apps.py file:

from django.apps import AppConfig
                                
class NotesConfig(AppConfig):
    default_auto_field = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
    name = 'blog'

In the settings.py file:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'blog.apps.BlogConfig',
    // the rest installed apps
]

Can you please check your installed apps in settings.py file — Faiz P, Jun 25 '21 at 10:54
Have you changed the app_label in the app config? Please check this answer for details. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8408046/how-to-change-the-name-of-a-django-app — Debashis Dip, Jun 25 '21 at 10:55
@FaizP I've changed 'notes.apps.NotesConfig' to 'blog.apps.BlogConfig' in installed_apps part. — niloofar, Jun 25 '21 at 10:56
@DebashisDip Yes, as it was in the steps on that link, I've done that. — niloofar, Jun 25 '21 at 10:57
`blog.apps.BlogConfig` well but you still have the class named as `NotesConfig` though, if you want to refer it that way, rename it too. — Abdul Aziz Barkat, Jun 25 '21 at 11:04
@AbdulAzizBarkat Yea right, I didn't see that old class name before! Thank you. — niloofar, Jun 25 '21 at 11:31

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 25 '21 at 11:23

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Lets say the name of this application is: blog and its following the normal folder structure django comes with. so, the settings.py should be

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'blog',
]

and the apps.py should be

from django.apps import AppConfig
                                
class BlogConfig(AppConfig):
    default_auto_field = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
    name = 'blog'

answered Jun 25 '21 at 11:23

Debashis Dip

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Oops oh yeah! I didn't notice the old class name! Sorry and thank you! – niloofar Jun 25 '21 at 11:29

virtualenv raises importerror because of changing app name in django

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