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Django Signal Registration Throws Incorrect AppnameConfig.name Error

I am developing a Django app 1.11, for example i want email should send after user registration, so I decide to use signals for send email, now instead of putting signal handlers and register code in modal file , I created the signals.py in my app folder ,when i trying to import the signals.py on ready method in CommonConfig, but am getting error like follow

django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Cannot import 'common'. Check that 'apps.common.apps.CommonConfig.name' is correct.

My project folder Structure Looks like

/myproject /myproject /apps /common /configs /settings /static /templates

Installed Apps Looks Like Follow

INSTALLED_APPS = [ 'django.contrib.messages', 'django.contrib.staticfiles', 'storages', 'rest_framework', 'apps.common.apps.CommonConfig',]

and my apps\common\apps.py looks like follow

`
from django.apps import AppConfig
class CommonConfig(AppConfig):
  name = "common"

`

What Mistake i made here, how to register the signal with django?

Solution

  • The name attribute is the full Python path, so in your case it should be "apps.common", not "common".

    class CommonConfig(AppConfig):
    name = "apps.common"