cannot import name patterns

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Before I wrote in urls.py, my code... everything worked perfectly. Now I have problems - can't go to my site. "cannot import name patterns"

My urls.py is:

from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url

They said what error is somewhere here.

I had the same problem while following the "write your first django app" guide. When I moved the url patters from the main urls.py to polls.urls.py. The problem solved after I changed "from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url" with "from django.conf.urls.defaults import * " — qliq, Dec 14 '11 at 00:48
I had the same issue when deploying to my staging server. Problem went away went I upgraded from django 1.3.1 to 1.4 by running sudo pip install --upgrade django — Mike Grace, Jun 13 '12 at 05:16

score 162 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 06 '16 at 01:25

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As of Django 1.10, the patterns module has been removed (it had been deprecated since 1.8).

Luckily, it should be a simple edit to remove the offending code, since the urlpatterns should now be stored in a plain-old list:

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
    # ... your url patterns
]

answered Aug 06 '16 at 01:25

Jacob Hume

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but how can i append the `MEDIA_ROOT` and `MEDIA_URL` to the urlpatterns – Shift 'n Tab Sep 08 '16 at 05:42
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How to add media url: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/howto/static-files/#serving-static-files-during-development – Ahsan Oct 24 '16 at 03:30
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For better documentation and rationale on this change in Django 1.8, see https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/releases/1.8/#django-conf-urls-patterns – nealmcb Dec 23 '16 at 15:16
And you must remove the blank URL `''` at the first position of `urlpatterns`, otherwise you'll get a Regex AttributeError. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34853531/attributeerror-str-object-has-no-attribute-regex-django-1-9#35875147 – Mr-IDE Feb 23 '18 at 20:54

juliomalegria · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-03T16:52:34.040

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You don't need those imports. The only thing you need in your urls.py (to start) is:

from django.conf.urls.defaults import *

# This two if you want to enable the Django Admin: (recommended)
from django.contrib import admin
admin.autodiscover()

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
    # ... your url patterns
)

NOTE: This solution was intended for Django <1.6. This was actually the code generated by Django itself. For newer version, see Jacob Hume's answer.

edited May 03 '17 at 16:52

answered Nov 10 '11 at 04:43

juliomalegria

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import * is considered a bad practice – llazzaro Aug 24 '16 at 14:19
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from django.conf.urls.defaults import * is removed from djnago1.6 – neelima Sep 14 '16 at 10:00
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Every time you `import *` a kitten dies – cs01 Oct 31 '16 at 22:29
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If he couldn't import patterns explicitly, using `*` won't work either... – Cerin Jan 04 '17 at 02:25
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No more a correct answer and an anti pattern (of import * ) is being promoted. Please update answer accordingly – Vasif Feb 01 '17 at 23:30

score 21 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 28 '13 at 17:08

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Yes:

from django.conf.urls.defaults import ... # is for django 1.3
from django.conf.urls  import ...         # is for django 1.4

I met this problem too.

edited Aug 28 '13 at 17:08

answered Oct 22 '12 at 10:41

spikeyang

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score 12 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 24 '16 at 04:35

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patterns module is not supported.. mine worked with this.

from django.conf.urls import *
from django.contrib import admin
admin.autodiscover()

urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
    # ... your url patterns
]

answered Aug 24 '16 at 04:35

Yatender Singh

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score 6 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 26 '16 at 02:57

This is the code which worked for me. My django version is 1.10.4 final

from django.conf.urls import url, include

from django.contrib import admin
admin.autodiscover()

urlpatterns = [
    # Examples:
    # url(r'^$', 'blog.views.home', name='home'),
    # url(r'^blog/', include('blog.urls')),

    url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
]

score 4 · Answer 6 · edited May 16 '17 at 13:09

Pattern module in not available from django 1.8. So you need to remove pattern from your import and do something similar to the following:

from django.conf.urls import include, url
from django.contrib import admin

admin.autodiscover()

urlpatterns = [                 
    # here we are not using pattern module like in previous django versions
    url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
]

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 02 '14 at 08:03

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I Resolved it by cloning my project directly into Eclipse from GIT,

Initially I was cloning it at specific location on file system then importing it as existing project into Eclipse.

answered Jan 02 '14 at 08:03

Jimmy M

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 25 '18 at 06:21

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Seems you are using outdated version of django.. Simply update django and try again.. Following command will update your django version..

pip install --upgrade django

answered Mar 25 '18 at 06:21

Gihan Gamage

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Nov 17 '20 at 18:56

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from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path


urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
]

answered Nov 17 '20 at 18:56

Mayunga6

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