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Posted by Ramkumar R
Ramkumar R
4,688 Points

ImportError throws for models

When tried to run app.py got error

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File "students.py", line 4, in <module>
    import models
ImportError: No module named models

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1) I have parent_folder inside app.py & models.py present 2) create a subfolder inside parent_folder put students.py & __init__.py files inside my subfolder 3) when run app.py throws above error

Using ubuntu 15.10 python version - 2.7.10

also tried import statement as from parent_folder import models

[MOD: added ```python and other formatting -cf]

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points

Do you have an __init__.py in the app.py directory as well? Can you post a link to your files or a shared workspace?

1 Answer

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Try using Python 3. Python 2 is pretty different from Python 3, and Kenneth is using Python 3.

I highly recommend following along Kenny in Python 3, not Python 2.

Alex Koumparos
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Alex Koumparos
Python Development Techdegree Student 36,887 Points
Alex Koumparos
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Alex Koumparos
Python Development Techdegree Student 36,887 Points

Alexander is completely correct, but some people might be confused because in Workspaces, the python command points to Python 3. But in most Unix and Unix-like environments python points to Python 2.

Moreover, per PEP 394, this situation is likely to persist indefinitely (or at the very least until 2020), as the Python team recommends that distributions not move to pointing python to Python 3 (since this could break legacy scripts) and instead to only use the command python3 to execute Python 3.