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Fail with django app on azure

I'm trying to develop and deploy django app on azure web apps.
While following the tutorial on azure website, after cloning the basic project to my local machine (using git) and creating the virtual environment, I'm trying to run the createsuperuser commend, and getting this error:
C:\Users\tutzy\Desktop\newtest\amir1>env\scripts\python manage.py createsuperuser
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "manage.py", line 17, in <module>
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "C:\Users\tutzy\Desktop\newtest\amir1\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 353, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "C:\Users\tutzy\Desktop\newtest\amir1\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 345, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "C:\Users\tutzy\Desktop\newtest\amir1\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 348, in run_from_argv
self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
File "C:\Users\tutzy\Desktop\newtest\amir1\env\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\auth\management\commands\createsuperuser.py", line 52, in execute
return super(Command, self).execute(*args, **options)
File "C:\Users\tutzy\Desktop\newtest\amir1\env\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 413, in execute
translation.activate(saved_locale)
File "C:\Users\tutzy\Desktop\newtest\amir1\env\lib\site-packages\django\utils\translation\__init__.py", line 154, in activate
return _trans.activate(language)
File "C:\Users\tutzy\Desktop\newtest\amir1\env\lib\site-packages\django\utils\translation\trans_real.py", line 216, in activate
_active.value = translation(language)
File "C:\Users\tutzy\Desktop\newtest\amir1\env\lib\site-packages\django\utils\translation\trans_real.py", line 205, in translation
_translations[language] = DjangoTranslation(language)
File "C:\Users\tutzy\Desktop\newtest\amir1\env\lib\site-packages\django\utils\translation\trans_real.py", line 118, in __init__
raise IOError("No translation files found for default language %s." % settings.LANGUAGE_CODE)
IOError: No translation files found for default language en-us.

It seems that your issue was similar with the other SO thread No translation file found for domain 'django' if you clone the Azure offical sample for Django like this. There is a *.mo line at the 49th line of .gitignore file. Please try to add the missing .mo file and do the createsupersuer operation again.
Hope it helps.

using the shell in Django

I am a newbie in Django un I want to write a Test for Django Web-poll application (https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/intro/tutorial01/)
but I got this error:
devuser#localhost:~/Django-apps/poolApp$ django-admin shell --plain --no-startup
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/django-admin", line 9, in <module>
load_entry_point('Django==1.8.3', 'console_scripts', 'django-admin')()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Django-1.8.3-py2.7.egg/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 338, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Django-1.8.3-py2.7.egg/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 330, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Django-1.8.3-py2.7.egg/django/core/management/base.py", line 405, in run_from_argv
connections.close_all()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Django-1.8.3-py2.7.egg/django/db/utils.py", line 258, in close_all
for alias in self:
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Django-1.8.3-py2.7.egg/django/db/utils.py", line 252, in __iter__
return iter(self.databases)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Django-1.8.3-py2.7.egg/django/utils/functional.py", line 60, in __get__
res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Django-1.8.3-py2.7.egg/django/db/utils.py", line 151, in databases
self._databases = settings.DATABASES
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Django-1.8.3-py2.7.egg/django/conf/__init__.py", line 48, in __getattr__
self._setup(name)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Django-1.8.3-py2.7.egg/django/conf/__init__.py", line 42, in _setup
% (desc, ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE))
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Requested setting DATABASES, but settings are not configured. You must either define the environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure() before accessing settings.
I would like to know what is the best approach to do it:
define the environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure()

Use manage.py, not django-admin.

What does work is using
django-admin shell --plain --no-startup --pythonpath "." --settings "myproject.settings"
while you are in the root of your django app.
However manage.py shell (or the amazing shell_plus from django_extensions https://github.com/django-extensions/django-extensions) is recommended instead

How can I build Pinry (Python/Django Pinterest Clone) using PyCharm?

Before I get started please excuse the complete newbie question (request for dummy steps). I recently started learning Python and the Django framework using tools like Codecademy and Pluralsight and was hoping to dig into this by running Pinry (a Pinterest clone) using PyCharm, my IDE of choice for Python and work on modifying it with what I've learned so far to see what happens. Unfortunately, I download the latest version of Pinry and when I try to run it in PyCharm on my local machine I get all sorts of errors.
Here are the steps I take:
Python, Django, PyCharm are all installed and configured.
Download a new copy of Pinry and open the directory in PyCharm
Click on Run - Edit Configuration
Click on the + button to add a new configuration and check Run browse, select the Python interpreter (with Django) and click on Fix to enable Django support for the project
In the Project - Django settings, add the Django project root, settings and manage script
Finally hit alt/option + R and runserver to get the app started
At this point I would expect the package to run but instead I get the list of errors below.
Has anyone had any success in running Pinry in PyCharm without making any code modifications? I am just not sure if these are issues with the package or if its settings in PyCharm that need to be modified to make this work. Any insights?
THANK YOU!
File "/Applications/PyCharm.app/helpers/pycharm/django_manage.py", line 23, in <module>
run_module(manage_file, None, '__main__', True)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 176, in run_module
fname, loader, pkg_name)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 82, in _run_module_code
mod_name, mod_fname, mod_loader, pkg_name)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
exec code in run_globals
File "/Users/hussein/Desktop/pinry-master/manage.py", line 10, in <module>
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 399, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 392, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 242, in run_from_argv
self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 279, in execute
saved_locale = translation.get_language()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/translation/__init__.py", line 154, in get_language
return _trans.get_language()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/translation/__init__.py", line 52, in __getattr__
if settings.USE_I18N:
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 54, in __getattr__
self._setup(name)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 49, in _setup
self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 151, in __init__
raise ImproperlyConfigured("The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.")
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.

In PyCharm "Project settings/Django" specify "settings/development.py" in "settings" field.

django could not import settings

I once wrote an django app, named superlists, and settings was in superlists.settings. It was for tutorial, and I was changing differnt settings, little realizing what I was doing.
And now when i starting new django project - it tells me it could not import superlists.settings
I reinstalled Pycharm, django, python (both versions 2.7 and 3.3), deleted all virtual envs, deleted everything that might be connected to it several times... IT IS STILL THERE! on a new, clean version of python, which even dont have django - there is DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE in sys.path pointing to superlists.settings. Each new project on a clean, with default settings, version of pycharm, tells me that it cannot import superlists.settings.
I delete DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE pointing to that settings from sys.path from cmd - exit then watch again - its there.
Where it takes it? I got no idea.
here is traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:/Python27/Lib/site-packages/django/bin/django-admin.py", line 5, in <module>
management.execute_from_command_line()
File "D:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 399, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "D:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 392, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "D:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 261, in fetch_command
commands = get_commands()
File "D:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 107, in get_commands
apps = settings.INSTALLED_APPS
File "D:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py", line 54, in __getattr__
self._setup(name)
File "D:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py", line 49, in _setup
self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module)
File "D:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py", line 132, in __init__
% (self.SETTINGS_MODULE, e)
ImportError: Could not import settings 'superlists\settings.py' (Is it on sys.path? Is there an import error in the settings file?): Import by filename is not supported.

It turned out that I created new environment system variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE. So evident, but it almost cost me sanity.

Change the environment variable from
DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=superlist.superlist.settings
To DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=superlist.settings
or use an __init__.py in superlist

python elastic search not working pyes package issues

Installed pyes recently , but when i tired it in the python shell it is giving the error,
Can any one please help me out in this regard:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyes-0.19.1-py2.7.egg/pyes/__init__.py", line 41, in <module>
from .djangoutils import *
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyes-0.19.1-py2.7.egg/pyes/djangoutils.py", line 6, in <module>
from django.db import models
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/__init__.py", line 11, in <module>
if settings.DATABASES and DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS not in settings.DATABASES:
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 52, in __getattr__
self._setup(name)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 45, in _setup
% (desc, ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE))
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Requested setting DATABASES, but settings are not configured. You must either define the environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure() before accessing settings.

I found that this issue can be "worked around" by simply performing the following before running the script in Terminal
export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=default.settings
After running that code the script worked exactly the way it was supposed to!