I'm trying to split the models.py into multiple files inside a folder.
what is the proper way to do that ?
all the methods in the internet from 8 years ago and it's not working now.
UPDATE 1:
test1
__init__.py
admin.py
apps.py
tests.py
views.py
migrations
models
__init__.py
comment.py
like.py
post.py
profile.py
inside init.py
from django.db import models
from django.conf import settings
from .like import Like
from .post import Post
from .profile import Profile
from .comment import Comment
inside comment.py
class Comment(models.Model):
commented_by = models.ForeignKey(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
for_post = models.ForeignKey(Post, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
inside like.py
class Like(models.Model):
liked_by = models.ForeignKey(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
post = models.ForeignKey(Post, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
inside post.py
class Post(models.Model):
posted_by = models.ForeignKey(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
inside profile.py
class Profile(models.Model):
user = models.OneToOneField(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
when I try to makemigrations:
python manage.py makemigrations test1
I got this error:
(sandbox-qFsmxchL) λ python manage.py makemigrations test1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "manage.py", line 21, in <module>
main()
File "manage.py", line 17, in main
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "C:\Users\USER\.virtualenvs\sandbox-qFsmxchL\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 401, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "C:\Users\USER\.virtualenvs\sandbox-qFsmxchL\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 377, in execute
django.setup()
File "C:\Users\USER\.virtualenvs\sandbox-qFsmxchL\lib\site-packages\django\__init__.py", line 24, in setup
apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
File "C:\Users\USER\.virtualenvs\sandbox-qFsmxchL\lib\site-packages\django\apps\registry.py", line 114, in populate
app_config.import_models()
File "C:\Users\USER\.virtualenvs\sandbox-qFsmxchL\lib\site-packages\django\apps\config.py", line 211, in import_models
self.models_module = import_module(models_module_name)
File "c:\users\USER\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1014, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 783, in exec_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "C:\Users\USER\Desktop\sandbox\test1\models\__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
from .like import Like
File "C:\Users\USER\Desktop\sandbox\test1\models\like.py", line 2, in <module>
class Like(models.Model):
NameError: name 'models' is not defined