Cannot import name 'views',.Python, Django

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I have read many answers in this forum, but they does not solve my problem. I will be very grateful for help.

My file views.py returns this error:

from . import views
ImportError: cannot import name 'views' from '__main__' (C:/Users/tymot/Desktop/weather app/env/Environemnt/the_weather/weather/views.py)

views.py (Environemnt\the_weather\weather)

from django.shortcuts import render
from django.contrib import admin

def index(request):
    return render(request, 'weather/index.html') #returns the index.html

urls.py (Environemnt\the_weather\weather)

from django.urls import path
from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.index),  #the path for our index view
]

urls.py (Environemnt\the_weather\the_weather)

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

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

templates(the_weather\weather\templates\weather) only file index.html

Directory

-the_weather
--the_weather
---__init__
---setting
---urls
---wsgi
--weather
---migrations
----__init__
---templates
----weather
-----index
---__init__
---admin
---apps
---models
---tests
---urls
---views
--db
--manage.py

I try use to resolved my problem from __future__ import absolute_import, or homepage import views. I else try copy views.py to directory templates (and modify its code) but unfortunately it not work

You write urlpatterns in views.py?

willeM_ Van Onsem
– willeM_ Van Onsem

2018-07-13 14:33:15 +00:00
Commented Jul 13, 2018 at 14:33 — willeM_ Van Onsem
– willeM_ Van Onsem, Commented Jul 13, 2018 at 14:33
what version of Python are you using?

Michael Patterson
– Michael Patterson

2018-07-13 15:14:37 +00:00
Commented Jul 13, 2018 at 15:14 — Michael Patterson
– Michael Patterson, Commented Jul 13, 2018 at 15:14
Python 3.7 Django 1.X

Maddie Graham
– Maddie Graham

2018-07-13 15:18:01 +00:00
Commented Jul 13, 2018 at 15:18 — Maddie Graham
– Maddie Graham, Commented Jul 13, 2018 at 15:18

Druta Ruslan · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-13 15:10:13Z

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You need to separate your views and urls create a new module (file) urls.py in your app, in your case it is weather folder, and add these code there, and remove it from views.py, you can read here about it to understand it better.

Path : the_weather/weather/urls.py

from django.urls import path
from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.index),  #the path for our index view
]

Path : the_weather/weather/views.py

from django.shortcuts import render
from django.contrib import admin

def index(request):
    return render(request, 'weather/index.html') #returns the index.html template

edited Jul 13, 2018 at 15:10

answered Jul 13, 2018 at 14:32

Druta Ruslan

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Maddie Graham Over a year ago

My views now:

from django.shortcuts import render from django.contrib import admin  def index(request):     return render(request, 'weather/index.html')

My urls.py in weather now:

from django.urls import path from . import views  urlpatterns = [     path('', views.index),  #the path for our index view

but unfortunately it still does not work.

Druta Ruslan Over a year ago

i update my answer try it, i wrote the filepath where you need to put your code

Maddie Graham Over a year ago

But these ImportError: cannot import name 'views' from '__main__' i see now in my urls.py file.

Druta Ruslan Over a year ago

can you edit your answer, and put there all traceback ?

Druta Ruslan Over a year ago

try to use from weather import views

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Darker-Than-Snow · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-22 21:42:19Z

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You would need to put your views.py file in your weather folder. Make sure it is in the right weather folder, I am guessing you have two weather folders. Also make sure these codes are right;

#Path : the_weather/weather/urls.py

from django.urls import path
from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.index),  #the path for our index view
]

#Path : the_weather/weather/views.py

from django.shortcuts import render
from django.contrib import admin

def index(request):
    return render(request, 'weather/index.html') #returns the index.html template

answered Jul 22, 2021 at 21:42

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Thrilok Kumar Pallaki · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-13 15:36:40Z

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Why don't you try like this

from .views import index

answered Jul 13, 2018 at 15:36

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Maddie Graham Over a year ago

i try use it in my url.py . Answer from PyCharm is No module named '__main__.views'; '__main__' is not a package

Thrilok Kumar Pallaki Over a year ago

Could you please share the screenshots of your code and error traceback... both important..

user13275524 · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-10 04:31:45Z

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There may be separate folder of urls and views.py what you have to do is you have to write from appname import views suppose your app name is myapp you have have to write from myapp import views

answered Apr 10, 2020 at 4:31

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Rajpurohit Dhanpal Singh · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-10 12:02:11Z

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use should create new url.py in weather and write code in views.py

url.py

from django.urls import path
from . import views
urlpatterns = [
   path('', views.index, name='index')
]

write code in urls.py of your project

from django.urls import path, include
from . import views
urlpatterns = [
   path('wheather/',include('wheather'))
]

answered May 10, 2020 at 12:02

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Farshid Ahmadi · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-12 17:53:10Z

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I had Similar problem, it didn't solved, till I added an empty views.py in root in example, in your case add to Environemnt\the_weather\the_weather

answered Sep 12, 2020 at 17:53

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Manoj · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-24 22:51:05Z

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I had the same problem.

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In formsdemo\formsdemo\__init__.py, I changed the import code to from forms app import views.

edited Dec 24, 2021 at 22:51

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answered Dec 7, 2021 at 9:24

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user14106084 · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-01 17:00:46Z

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from django.contrib import admin
from django.urls import path
import main.views
urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('', main.views.home_page, name="home_page"),
]

answered Mar 1, 2022 at 17:00

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Som · Accepted Answer · 2022-08-27 21:18:51Z

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Well, i was also facing the same issue. I was continuously getting server errors but then I figured out it was a simple error.

go to the urls.py file

from django.urls import path
from . import views

urlpatterns = [
    path('', views.index, name = index),  #the path for our index view
]

I just had to remove name = index and the server worked with 0 errors.

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answered Aug 27, 2022 at 21:18

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Alexandre Juma · Accepted Answer · 2023-07-26 09:06:49Z

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You can try this:

from formsApp(folder containing view file) import views

from views import *

edited Jul 26, 2023 at 9:06

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answered Jul 23, 2023 at 8:57

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