How do you access models from other installed apps in Django when in the same subdirectory?

Question

I have the following structure for my project:

myproject/
|-- myproject/
|   |-- __init__.py
|   |-- settings.py
|   |-- urls.py
|   |-- wsgi.py
|-- apps/
|   |-         


        

Answer 1

from .data.models is an import relative to the current directory where that file exists, e.g., it would be looking for a data module directory inside your dashboard directory. If you want to refer to the data module relative to your dashboard module you should be able to use

from ..data.models import Foo

Using absolute imports depends on your PYTHONPATH environment variable. You can play around with it by adjusting sys.path in a Python REPL.