Django Rest Framework — no module named rest_framework

Question

I\'ve installed django rest framework using pip install djangorestframework yet I still get this error when I run \"python3 manage.py sycndb\":

Answer 1

To install it, do the following:

pip install djangorestframework
pip install markdown     
pip install django-filter

We have to check for a few common mistakes:

1. check comma at installed list elements

2. typo errors

Answer 2

When using a virtual environment like virtualenvwithout having django-rest-framework installed globally you might as well have the error. The solution would be:

• activate the environment first with {{your environment name}}/bin/activate for Linux or {{your environment name}}/Scripts/activate for Windows

• and then run the command again.

Answer 3

try this if you are using JWT pip install djangorestframework-jwt

Answer 4

In my case, my problem was different. I was creating in my bash_profile an alias like:

alias python=/usr/local/bin/python3

And even if I activate my environment, when I ran the command, the python interpreter accessed was from the system and not from my environment.

I just removed the alias from bash_profile and it worked fine.

Answer 5

Also, check for the possibility of a tiny typo:

It's rest_framework with an underscore (_) in between!

Took me a while to figure out that I was using a dash instead...

Answer 6

Try pressing the icon given if you are getting the following error:

"ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'rest_framework'"

It will ask you to import the given package, that is rest_framework and run the code again.

This worked for me and trying to solve that error for a couple of days.