You cannot use django before configuring it. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/topics/settings/#designating-the-settings
Django provides several entry points, manage.py and wsgi.py, which perform this configuration steo. If you choose not to use those entry points, you are required to configure it yourself manually: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/topics/settings/#either-configure-or-django-settings-module-is-required Cheers Tom On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Daniel Grace <danwgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a Python script as follows: > > from django.db import transaction > from django.contrib.auth.models import User > from flow.models import States, Types, Docs, Logs > > if __name__ == '__main__': > with transaction.atomic(): > models.Logs.objects.all().delete() > models.Docs.objects.all().delete() > models.States.objects.all().delete() > models.Types.objects.all().delete() > models.User.objects.all().delete() > user1 = User.objects.create_user('john', 'xxx...@gmail.com', > 'johnpass') > user1.save() > > When I run this in IDLE I get the following error: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py", line 38, in > _setup > settings_module = os.environ[ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE] > File "C:\Python34\lib\os.py", line 651, in __getitem__ > raise KeyError(key) from None > KeyError: 'DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE' > > During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "C:\Users\Daniel\Documents\Python\cresta\flow\test_data.py", line 7, > in <module> > from django.contrib.auth.models import User > File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\auth\__init__.py", line > 6, in <module> > from django.middleware.csrf import rotate_token > File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\django\middleware\csrf.py", line 14, > in <module> > from django.utils.cache import patch_vary_headers > File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\django\utils\cache.py", line 26, in > <module> > from django.core.cache import get_cache > File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\django\core\cache\__init__.py", line > 69, in <module> > if DEFAULT_CACHE_ALIAS not in settings.CACHES: > File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py", line 54, in > __getattr__ > self._setup(name) > File "C:\Python34\lib\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py", line 47, in > _setup > % (desc, ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE)) > django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Requested setting CACHES, but > settings are not configured. You must either define the environment variable > DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure() before accessing > settings. > > How do I configure these settings? > > Thanks. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/9b3a4974-26fd-4229-a3bf-7d7ce28dbdfe%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAFHbX1K_oF52T1DWgzzx3ZKOyPsg1-jCaWRdRyT4wesaOgH78A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
