The right place to keep my signals.py file in a Django project

Question

Based on Django\'s documentation I was reading, it seems like signals.py in the app folder is a good place to start with, but the problem I\'m facing is that wh

Answer 1

To solve your problem you just have to import signals.py after your model definition. That's all.

Answer 2

If you're using Django<=1.6 I'd recommend Kamagatos solution: just import your signals at the end of your models module.

For future versions of Django (>=1.7), the recommended way is to import your signals module in your app's config ready() function:

my_app/apps.py

from django.apps import AppConfig

class MyAppConfig(AppConfig):
    name = 'my_app'

    def ready(self):
        import my_app.signals

my_app/__init__.py

default_app_config = 'my_app.apps.MyAppConfig'