[Fixed]-Error while using local.py (settings) in Django 1.8.2

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When you include __init__.py in the folder, that folder is marked as a package called settings, from which you can import modules like your local module

This is a fairly standard thing in Python, even if not every Django programmer uses settings as a package

From Python docs:

The __init__.py files are required to make Python treat the
directories as containing packages; this is done to prevent
directories with a common name, such as string, from unintentionally
hiding valid modules that occur later on the module search path. In
the simplest case, __init__.py can just be an empty file, but it can
also execute initialization code for the package or set the __all__
variable, described later.

Source: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/modules.html#packages

my question is do I need to write from .local import * in init.py
for the package to work?

Check your manage.py file it should load the settings.local, e.g.

#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import sys

if __name__ == "__main__":
    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "{{ project_name }}.settings.local")

    from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line

    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)

Also check the actual value of SECRET_KEY in the local module see if it is empty or not (if e.g. you use some variable interpolation)

👤bakkal

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