How to solve the ImportError: cannot import name simplejson in Django

Question

I\'m trying to build a realtime chat app in Django(1.7.1). It seems that I needed to install Redis and ishout.js. So I installed them by following the instructions.

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Answer 1

You are using an outdated version of django-realtime.

Upgrade it to the latest version, they fixed the 1.7 compatibility:

pip install django-realtime --upgrade

If the error persists, install directly from github, master branch:

$ pip install git+https://github.com/anishmenon/django-realtime.git --upgrade

FYI, the fix:

try:
    from django.utils import simplejson as json
except:
    import simplejson as json

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