How do I reference a Django settings variable in my models.py?
This is a very beginner question. But I'm stumped. How do I reference a Django settings variable in my model.py?
NameError: name 'PRIVATE_DIR' is not defined
Also tried a lot of other stuff including settings.PRIVATE_DIR
settings.py:
PRIVATE_DIR = '/home/me/django_projects/myproject/storage_dir'
models.py:
# Problem is here.
from django.core.files.storage import FileSystemStorage
fs = FileSystemStorage(location=PRIVATE_DIR)
class Customer(models.Model):
lastName = models.CharField(max_length=20)
firstName = models.CharField(max_length=20)
image = models.ImageField(storage=fs, upload_to='photos', blank=True, null=True)
What's the correct way to do this?
from django.conf import settings - docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/settings/…
Try with this: from django.conf import settings then settings.VARIABLE to access that variable.
VARIABLE should be in capital letter. It will not work otherwise.
from django.conf import settings
PRIVATE_DIR = getattr(settings, "PRIVATE_DIR", None)
Where it says None, you will put a default value incase the variable isn't defined in settings.
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settings_something.pydue to a project deployed in several environments, do not try to import fromapp.settings. Overwritten variables in the other files won't take effect. Always use the import mentioned in this answer. It took me a few hours to realize what was going on in my project.