How to import Scrapy item keys in the correct order?

Question

I am importing the Scrapy item keys from items.py, into pipelines.py. The problem is that the order of the imported items are differe

Answer 1

A simple fix is to define keys() method in your Item class:

class MyItem(Item):
    foo = Field()
    bar = Field()
    gar = Field()
    cha = Field()

    def keys(self):
        # in your preferred order
        return ['cha', 'gar','bar','foo']