There are a ton of these posts trying to sort out imports, but I am unable to figure out exactly what the problem is here based on some of those previous solutions. Below is the folder structure that I have now:
Flask Application Structure
ContactForm/
app/
app.py
home/
routes.py
templates/
index.html
config.py
extensions.py
models.py
app.py
from flask import Flask
from extensions import db
from home.routes import home
def create_app():
app = Flask(__name__)
# Check the configuration settings on start up
if app.config["ENV"] == "production":
app.config.from_object("config.ProductionConfig")
elif app.config["ENV"] == "development":
app.config.from_object("config.DevelopmentConfig")
elif app.config["ENV"] == "testing":
app.config.from_object("config.TestingConfig")
# Initialize any extensions
db.init_app(app)
# Register the different routes
app.register_blueprint(home)
# Set up the application context
with app.app_context():
db.create_all()
return app
First, I checked what my PYTHONPATH looks like because I know this is a common problem and it is set to PYTHONPATH=C:\Users\den\code\FlaskApps\ContactForm. So Python should be able to see all of the files within the root project directory. I am thinking that perhaps the issue might be that I am running flask run from within app.py, and as such there might be a layer to my imports I am not factoring in.
When I cd into app/ and run set FLAKS_ENV=development and flask run I receive the following ModuleNotFoundError:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\users\den\code\flaskapps\contactform\venv\lib\site-packages\flask\cli.py", line 256, in locate_app
__import__(module_name)
File "C:\Users\den\code\FlaskApps\ContactForm\app\app.py", line 3, in <module>
from extensions import db
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'extensions'
