How to Access Settings file from .py file - DRF

Question

This is my project structure. I am trying to access settings.py file from lookups.py

I am importing using following code,

import os
import sys
import django

sys.path.append('/path/to/django/project')
os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'manageemployee.settings')
django.setup()
from manageemployee.apps.employee.hrmmongodb import DBMixin
from manageemployee.settings import EVENT_STORE_DICT

But I am getting the following error,

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'manageemployee'

Answer 1

It's better to use settings by importing the object django.conf.settings wherever it was needed instead of the settings file itself as you are trying,

Example:

from django.conf import settings

if settings.DEBUG:
    # Do Something

So in your use case:

from django.conf import settings

EVENT_STORE_DICT = settings.EVENT_STORE_DICT 
# Do Something

Note that django.conf.settings isn’t a module – it’s an object. So importing individual settings is not possible:

from django.conf.settings import DEBUG  # This won't work.

You can also find the detailed information in the Docs