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django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: settings.DATABASES is improperly configured. Please supply the ENGINE value

I'm building a web application that uses Django.
One of it's purposes is to pull data using an API call and insert that into a database to be displayed on a web page.
I'm able to pull the data but I'm having troubles inserting it into a the database.
Whenever I try I get the error
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: settings.DATABASES is improperly configured. Please supply the ENGINE value. Check settings documentation for more details.
I've followed the directions given by others and I haven't had any luck.
This is the def in question:
import requests
from django.conf import settings
settings.configure()
from polls.models import Poll
def getSnacks():
response = requests.get('https://api-snacks.nerderylabs.com/v1/snacks?ApiKey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx')
print("adding to DB")
html = response.json()
snackArray = []
x = 0
p = Poll.objects.get(pk=1)
while x < len(html):
snackArray.append(html[x])
x += 1
for y in snackArray:
print("uploading " + y["name"])
snackID = y["id"]
snackName = y["name"]
snackOp = y["optional"]
snackLoc = y["purchaseLocations"]
snackCnt = y["purchaseCount"]
snackPrchDt = y["lastPurchaseDate"]
p.snacks_set.create(name=snackName,source_ID=snackID,optional=snackOp,purchaseLocation=snackLoc,purchaseCount=snackCnt,lastPurchaseDate=snackPrchDt,votes=0)
And this is the settings file.
import os
# Django settings for mysite project.
DEBUG = True
TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
# print("pip1")
ADMINS = (
# ('Your Name', 'your_email#example.com'),
)
MANAGERS = ADMINS
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'), # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
# The following settings are not used with sqlite3:
'USER': '',
'PASSWORD': '',
'HOST': '', # Empty for localhost through domain sockets or '127.0.0.1' for localhost through TCP.
'PORT': '', # Set to empty string for default.
}
}
# Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
# although not all choices may be available on all operating systems.
# In a Windows environment this must be set to your system time zone.
TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/Zurich'
# Language code for this installation. All choices can be found here:
# http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
SITE_ID = 1
# If you set this to False, Django will make some optimizations so as not
# to load the internationalization machinery.
USE_I18N = True
# If you set this to False, Django will not format dates, numbers and
# calendars according to the current locale.
USE_L10N = True
# If you set this to False, Django will not use timezone-aware datetimes.
USE_TZ = True
# Absolute filesystem path to the directory that will hold user-uploaded files.
# Example: "/var/www/example.com/media/"
MEDIA_ROOT = ''
# URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
# trailing slash.
# Examples: "http://example.com/media/", "http://media.example.com/"
MEDIA_URL = ''
# Absolute path to the directory static files should be collected to.
# Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files
# in apps' "static/" subdirectories and in STATICFILES_DIRS.
# Example: "/var/www/example.com/static/"
STATIC_ROOT = ''
# URL prefix for static files.
# Example: "http://example.com/static/", "http://static.example.com/"
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
# Additional locations of static files
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
# Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or "C:/www/django/static".
# Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
# Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
)
# List of finder classes that know how to find static files in
# various locations.
STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
# 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder',
)
# Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.
SECRET_KEY = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
# List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
# 'django.template.loaders.eggs.Loader',
)
MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
# Uncomment the next line for simple clickjacking protection:
# 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
)
ROOT_URLCONF = 'mysite.urls'
# Python dotted path to the WSGI application used by Django's runserver.
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'mysite.wsgi.application'
TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
# Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or "C:/www/django/templates".
# Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
# Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates'),
)
INSTALLED_APPS = (
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.sites',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
# Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
'django.contrib.admin',
# Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation:
# 'django.contrib.admindocs',
'polls'
)
# A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging
# performed by this configuration is to send an email to
# the site admins on every HTTP 500 error when DEBUG=False.
# See http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for
# more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
LOGGING = {
'version': 1,
'disable_existing_loggers': False,
'filters': {
'require_debug_false': {
'()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugFalse'
}
},
'handlers': {
'mail_admins': {
'level': 'ERROR',
'filters': ['require_debug_false'],
'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler'
}
},
'loggers': {
'django.request': {
'handlers': ['mail_admins'],
'level': 'ERROR',
'propagate': True,
},
}
}

You seem to be using DJ-Database-URL since you import dj_database_url at the top of your settings.py. Either define the environment variables required by that package, or remove that import line and use standard Django settings format.

Django development server keeps logging out

I set my SESSION_COOKIE_AGE settings to 360 in my settings.py,, but the it keeps logging me out while I am developing my server :((
Why is this happening and how do I prevent this..?
Thanks!
Here is my settings.py:
settings.py
# Django settings for quora project.
import os.path
DEBUG = True
TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
ADMINS = (
('myname', 'myemail'),
)
MANAGERS = ADMINS
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
'NAME': 'mydb', # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
# The following settings are not used with sqlite3:
'USER': '',
'PASSWORD': '',
'HOST': 'localhost', # Empty for localhost through domain sockets or '127.0.0.1' for localhost through TCP.
'PORT': '', # Set to empty string for default.
}
}
# Hosts/domain names that are valid for this site; required if DEBUG is False
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/ref/settings/#allowed-hosts
ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
# Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
# although not all choices may be available on all operating systems.
# In a Windows environment this must be set to your system time zone.
TIME_ZONE = 'America/Chicago'
# Language code for this installation. All choices can be found here:
# http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
SITE_ID = 1
# If you set this to False, Django will make some optimizations so as not
# to load the internationalization machinery.
USE_I18N = True
# If you set this to False, Django will not format dates, numbers and
# calendars according to the current locale.
USE_L10N = True
# If you set this to False, Django will not use timezone-aware datetimes.
USE_TZ = True
PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(__file__)
# Absolute filesystem path to the directory that will hold user-uploaded files.
# Example: "/var/www/example.com/media/"
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'media')
# URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
# trailing slash.
# Examples: "http://example.com/media/", "http://media.example.com/"
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
# Absolute path to the directory static files should be collected to.
# Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files
# in apps' "static/" subdirectories and in STATICFILES_DIRS.
# Example: "/var/www/example.com/static/"
STATIC_ROOT = ''
# URL prefix for static files.
# Example: "http://example.com/static/", "http://static.example.com/"
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
# Additional locations of static files
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'static'),
# Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or "C:/www/django/static".
# Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
# Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
)
# List of finder classes that know how to find static files in
# various locations.
STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
# 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder',
)
# Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.
SECRET_KEY = '..........'
# List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
# 'django.template.loaders.eggs.Loader',
)
MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
# Uncomment the next line for simple clickjacking protection:
# 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
)
ROOT_URLCONF = 'blog.urls'
# Python dotted path to the WSGI application used by Django's runserver.
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'blog.wsgi.application'
TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
# Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or "C:/www/django/templates".
# Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
# Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
)
INSTALLED_APPS = (
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.sites',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'django.contrib.humanize',
# Additional
'django.contrib.admin',
'rest_framework',
# Applications
'core',
'app_blog',
'app_registration',
)
# A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging
# performed by this configuration is to send an email to
# the site admins on every HTTP 500 error when DEBUG=False.
# See http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for
# more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
LOGGING = {
'version': 1,
'disable_existing_loggers': False,
'filters': {
'require_debug_false': {
'()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugFalse'
}
},
'handlers': {
'mail_admins': {
'level': 'ERROR',
'filters': ['require_debug_false'],
'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler'
}
},
'loggers': {
'django.request': {
'handlers': ['mail_admins'],
'level': 'ERROR',
'propagate': True,
},
}
}
LOGIN_URL = '/accounts/login/'
LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = '/'
#Cookie
SESSION_COOKIE_AGE = 360
#Custom user model
AUTH_USER_MODEL = "app_registration.MyUser"
AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE = 'app_registration.MyUserProfile'
# Registration
REGISTRATION_OPEN = True
ACCOUNT_ACTIVATION_DAYS = 7

I believe that only cookies age only is not enough and 360 only mean available for 360 second:
#Cookie name. this can be whatever you want
SESSION_COOKIE_NAME='sessionid' # use the sessionid in your views code
#the module to store sessions data
SESSION_ENGINE='django.contrib.sessions.backends.db'
#age of cookie in seconds (default: 2 weeks)
SESSION_COOKIE_AGE= 24*60*60*7 # the number of seconds for only 7 for example
#whether a user's session cookie expires when the web browser is closed
SESSION_EXPIRE_AT_BROWSER_CLOSE=False
#whether the session cookie should be secure (https:// only)
SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE=False

Django flatpages with tiny-mce won't work

I can't get tiny-mce to work with django flatpages.
I am using Python 2.7 and django 1.5.2
I am following the instructions at http://django-tinymce.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installation.html
The following diagram shows my directory structure https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QtdsQE8WOak/UhZlsKIigRI/AAAAAAAADFw/9j4oLT6v1Nw/w764-h354-no/cms.png
The flatfiles are working but I get none of the rich text editor features.
I also don't get any error message.
Below I show how I have my files.
My settings.py file is as follows:
Django settings for cms project.
import os
PROJECT_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
DEBUG = True
TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
ADMINS = (
# ('Your Name', 'your_email#example.com'),
)
MANAGERS = ADMINS
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
'NAME': 'cms.db', # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
# The following settings are not used with sqlite3:
'USER': '',
'PASSWORD': '',
'HOST': '', # Empty for localhost through domain sockets or '127.0.0.1' for localhost through TCP.
'PORT': '', # Set to empty string for default.
}
}
# Hosts/domain names that are valid for this site; required if DEBUG is False
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/ref/settings/#allowed-hosts
ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
# Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
# although not all choices may be available on all operating systems.
# In a Windows environment this must be set to your system time zone.
TIME_ZONE = 'Greenwich'
# Language code for this installation. All choices can be found here:
# http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-gb'
SITE_ID = 1
# If you set this to False, Django will make some optimizations so as not
# to load the internationalization machinery.
USE_I18N = True
# If you set this to False, Django will not format dates, numbers and
# calendars according to the current locale.
USE_L10N = True
# If you set this to False, Django will not use timezone-aware datetimes.
USE_TZ = True
# Absolute filesystem path to the directory that will hold user-uploaded files.
# Example: "/var/www/example.com/media/"
MEDIA_ROOT = ''
# URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
# trailing slash.
# Examples: "http://example.com/media/", "http://media.example.com/"
MEDIA_URL = ''
# Absolute path to the directory static files should be collected to.
# Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files
# in apps' "static/" subdirectories and in STATICFILES_DIRS.
# Example: "/var/www/example.com/static/"
STATIC_ROOT = ''
# URL prefix for static files.
# Example: "http://example.com/static/", "http://static.example.com/"
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
# Additional locations of static files
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
# Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or "C:/www/django/static".
# Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
# Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
)
# List of finder classes that know how to find static files in
# various locations.
STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
# 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder',
)
# Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.
SECRET_KEY = 'tbbge^_ak_4h*#sm&0_%%ys)hgf3d*nc&%ac_r0zy)!wi(lo14'
# List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
# 'django.template.loaders.eggs.Loader',
)
MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.contrib.flatpages.middleware.FlatpageFallbackMiddleware',
# Uncomment the next line for simple clickjacking protection:
# 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
)
ROOT_URLCONF = 'cms.urls'
# Python dotted path to the WSGI application used by Django's runserver.
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'cms.wsgi.application'
TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
# Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or "C:/www/django/templates".
# Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
# Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, '../templates'),
)
INSTALLED_APPS = (
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.sites',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'django.contrib.flatpages',
'tinymce',
# Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
'django.contrib.admin',
# Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation:
# 'django.contrib.admindocs',
)
TINYMCE_JS_URL = 'http://localhost:8080/tiny_mce/tiny_mce_src.js'
TINYMCE_JS_ROOT = 'http://localhost:8080/tiny_mce'
TINYMCE_DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
'plugins' : "table,spellcheck,paste,searchreplace",
'theme' : "advanced",
'cleanup_on_startup': True,
'custom_undo_redo_levels' : 10,
}
TINYMCE_SPELLCHECKER = True
TINYMCE_COMPRESSOR = True
# A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging
# performed by this configuration is to send an email to
# the site admins on every HTTP 500 error when DEBUG=False.
# See http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for
# more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
LOGGING = {
'version': 1,
'disable_existing_loggers': False,
'filters': {
'require_debug_false': {
'()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugFalse'
}
},
'handlers': {
'mail_admins': {
'level': 'ERROR',
'filters': ['require_debug_false'],
'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler'
}
},
'loggers': {
'django.request': {
'handlers': ['mail_admins'],
'level': 'ERROR',
'propagate': True,
},
}
}
My urls.py file is as follows:
from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
from django.contrib.flatpages.models import FlatPage
# Uncomment the next two lines to enable the admin:
from django.contrib import admin
admin.autodiscover()
urlpatterns = patterns('',
# Examples:
# url(r'^$', 'cms.views.home', name='home'),
# url(r'^cms/', include('cms.foo.urls')),
# (r'', include('django.contrib.flatpages.urls')),
(r'tinymce/', include('tinymce.urls')),
# Uncomment the admin/doc line below to enable admin documentation:
# url(r'^admin/doc/', include('django.contrib.admindocs.urls')),
# Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
)
My models.py file is as follows:
from django import forms
from django.contrib.flatpages.models import FlatPage
from tinymce.widgets import TinyMCE
class FlatPageForm(forms.ModelForm):
content = forms.CharField(widget=TinyMCE(attrs={'cols': 80, 'rows':30 }))
class Meta:
model = FlatPage
My default.html is as follows:
<html>
<head>
<title>{{ flatpage.title }}</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>{{ flatpage.title }}</h1>
{{ flatpage.content }}
</body>
</html>

I think you need to register the new form with django admin. Try replacing your models.py with this:
from django.contrib import admin
from django import forms
from django.contrib.flatpages.admin import FlatPageAdmin, FlatpageForm
from django.contrib.flatpages.models import FlatPage
from tinymce.widgets import TinyMCE
class MyFlatpageForm(FlatpageForm):
content = forms.CharField(widget=TinyMCE(attrs={'cols': 80,
'rows':30 }))
class MyFlatPageAdmin(FlatPageAdmin):
form = MyFlatpageForm
admin.site.unregister(FlatPage)
admin.site.register(FlatPage, MyFlatPageAdmin)
There are a couple of other things that might need to be fixed. The models.py won't be discovered if you don't have "cms" in your installed apps. Also, I think the extension you want is "spellchecker" not "spellcheck".

Ldap authentication using django_auth_ldap

I am trying to achieve Ldap authentication using django.
For that I have configured my settings.py as mentioned here http://pythonhosted.org/django-auth-ldap/example.html
I am attaching my settings.py file here
import ldap
import os
from django_auth_ldap.config import LDAPSearch
# Django settings for mysite project.
DEBUG = True
TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
ADMINS = (
# ('Your Name', 'your_email#example.com'),
)
AUTH_LDAP_CONNECTION_OPTIONS = {
ldap.OPT_REFERRALS: 0
}
AUTH_LDAP_BIND_DN = "cn=admin,dc=server,dc=com"
AUTH_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD = ""
AUTH_LDAP_USER_SEARCH = LDAPSearch("ou=People,dc=server,dc=com",ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE, "(uid=%(user)s")
AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_URI = "ldap://ldap.server.com"
AUTH_LDAP_ALWAYS_UPDATE_USER = False
MANAGERS = ADMINS
AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
'django_auth_ldap.backend.LDAPBackend',
'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
)
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
'NAME': 'nameofdatabase', # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
# The following settings are not used with sqlite3:
'USER': 'someuser',
'PASSWORD': 'somepassword',
'HOST': '/tmp/mysql.sock', # Empty for localhost through domain sockets or '127.0.0.1' for localhost through TCP.
'PORT': '', # Set to empty string for default.
}
}
# Hosts/domain names that are valid for this site; required if DEBUG is False
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/ref/settings/#allowed-hosts
ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
# Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
# although not all choices may be available on all operating systems.
# In a Windows environment this must be set to your system time zone.
TIME_ZONE = 'Asia/Kolkata'
# Language code for this installation. All choices can be found here:
# http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
SITE_ID = 1
# If you set this to False, Django will make some optimizations so as not
# to load the internationalization machinery.
USE_I18N = True
# If you set this to False, Django will not format dates, numbers and
# calendars according to the current locale.
USE_L10N = True
SITE_ROOT = os.path.realpath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
# If you set this to False, Django will not use timezone-aware datetimes.
USE_TZ = True
# Absolute filesystem path to the directory that will hold user-uploaded files.
# Example: "/var/www/example.com/media/"
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(SITE_ROOT, 'static')
# URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
# trailing slash.
# Examples: "http://example.com/media/", "http://media.example.com/"
#MEDIA_URL = '/static/'
ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = '/media/'
LOGIN_URL = '/login/'
# Absolute path to the directory static files should be collected to.
# Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files
# in apps' "static/" subdirectories and in STATICFILES_DIRS.
# Example: "/var/www/example.com/static/"
STATIC_ROOT = ''
# URL prefix for static files.
# Example: "http://example.com/static/", "http://static.example.com/"
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
# Additional locations of static files
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
# Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or "C:/www/django/static".
# Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
# Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
)
# List of finder classes that know how to find static files in
# various locations.
STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
# 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder',
)
# Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.
SECRET_KEY = 'some_secret_key'
# List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
# 'django.template.loaders.eggs.Loader',
)
MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
# Uncomment the next line for simple clickjacking protection:
# 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
)
ROOT_URLCONF = 'mysite.urls'
# Python dotted path to the WSGI application used by Django's runserver.
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'mysite.wsgi.application'
TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
# Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or "C:/www/django/templates".
# Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
# Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
os.path.join(SITE_ROOT, 'templates'),
)
INSTALLED_APPS = (
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
# Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
'django.contrib.admin',
# Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation:
'django.contrib.admindocs',
'polls',
#'ldapauthentication'
'portal',
)
# A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging
# performed by this configuration is to send an email to
# the site admins on every HTTP 500 error when DEBUG=False.
# See http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for
# more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
LOGGING = {
'version': 1,
'disable_existing_loggers': False,
'filters': {
'require_debug_false': {
'()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugFalse'
}
},
'handlers': {
'mail_admins': {
'level': 'ERROR',
'filters': ['require_debug_false'],
'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler'
}
},
'loggers': {
'django.request': {
'handlers': ['mail_admins'],
'level': 'ERROR',
'propagate': True,
},
}
}
Is there anything else apart to do from this ?
My views.py file is as follows
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_protect
from django_auth_ldap.backend import LDAPBackend
# Create your views here.
#login_required
#csrf_protect
def portal_main_page(request):
"""
If users are authenticated, direct them to the main page. Otherwise, take
them to the login page.
"""
if request.user.is_authenticated():
user = request.user.is_authenticated()
return render_to_response('portal/index.html')
My models.py file is empty. I am simply not able to authenticate the users?
What else do I need to do. From what I found out it is just trying to authenticate against the local database. I could not get any further help from http://pythonhosted.org/django-auth-ldap/#auth-ldap-bind-as-authenticating-user
I have checked similar questions here but could not make out anything from the answers from the users.
Kindly Help me, so that I can achieve the authentication.

what is wrong with this code in settings.py file of my django application?

I am using Django 1.4 and Python 2.6 my operating system is Ubuntu 11.10. I am creating my Django app using these directories:
project directory: /var/dj/oneliners/
application directory: /var/dj/oneliners/oneline/
Now I want to serve my static directory for stylesheet so I configured settings.py as below:
MEDIA_ROOT = '/var/dj/oneliners/media/'
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
STATIC_ROOT = '/var/dj/oneliners/static/'
STATIC_URL = '/STATIC/'
I am unable to include my CSS in the index.html template when I go to http://127.0.0.1:8000/oneline/. What am I doing wrong?
Hello and thanks in advance, here is my entire settings.py file:
# Django settings for oneliners project.
DEBUG = True
TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
ADMINS = (
# ('Your Name', 'your_email#example.com'),
)
MANAGERS = ADMINS
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
'NAME': 'db_oneliner', # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
'USER': 'root', # Not used with sqlite3.
'PASSWORD': 'admin#ubc7', # Not used with sqlite3.
'HOST': '', # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
'PORT': '', # Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.
}
}
# Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
# although not all choices may be available on all operating systems.
# On Unix systems, a value of None will cause Django to use the same
# timezone as the operating system.
# If running in a Windows environment this must be set to the same as your
# system time zone.
TIME_ZONE = 'America/Chicago'
# Language code for this installation. All choices can be found here:
# http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
SITE_ID = 1
# If you set this to False, Django will make some optimizations so as not
# to load the internationalization machinery.
USE_I18N = True
# If you set this to False, Django will not format dates, numbers and
# calendars according to the current locale.
USE_L10N = True
# If you set this to False, Django will not use timezone-aware datetimes.
USE_TZ = True
# Absolute filesystem path to the directory that will hold user-uploaded files.
# Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/media/"
import os.path
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "media")
# URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
# trailing slash.
# Examples: "http://media.lawrence.com/media/", "http://example.com/media/"
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
# Absolute path to the directory static files should be collected to.
# Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files
# in apps' "static/" subdirectories and in STATICFILES_DIRS.
# Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/static/"
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "static")
# URL prefix for static files.
# Example: "http://media.lawrence.com/static/"
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
# Additional locations of static files
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
# Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or "C:/www/django/static".
# Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
# Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
"/var/dj/oneliners/static"
)
#ANONYMOUS_USER_ID = -1
# List of finder classes that know how to find static files in
# various locations.
STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
# 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder',
)
# Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.
SECRET_KEY = '6h5dvw*-^hb=l*2v#sn15r36fy&+mhv_+##f=4az$-!()4hip_'
# List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
# 'django.template.loaders.eggs.Loader',
)
MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
# Uncomment the next line for simple clickjacking protection:
# 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
)
ROOT_URLCONF = 'oneliners.urls'
# Python dotted path to the WSGI application used by Django's runserver.
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'oneliners.wsgi.application'
TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
# Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or "C:/www/django/templates".
# Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
# Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
"/var/dj/oneliners/mytemplates",
)
INSTALLED_APPS = (
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.sites',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
# Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
'django.contrib.admin',
'oneline',
'registration',
'userena',
'guardian',
'easy_thumbnails',
# Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation:
# 'django.contrib.admindocs',
)
# A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging
# performed by this configuration is to send an email to
# the site admins on every HTTP 500 error when DEBUG=False.
# See http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for
# more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
LOGGING = {
'version': 1,
'disable_existing_loggers': False,
'filters': {
'require_debug_false': {
'()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugFalse'
}
},
'handlers': {
'mail_admins': {
'level': 'ERROR',
'filters': ['require_debug_false'],
'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler'
}
},
'loggers': {
'django.request': {
'handlers': ['mail_admins'],
'level': 'ERROR',
'propagate': True,
},
}
}
ANONYMOUS_USER_ID = -1
AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
'userena.backends.UserenaAuthenticationBackend',
'guardian.backends.ObjectPermissionBackend',
'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
)
AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE = 'oneline.MyProfile'
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.dummy.EmailBackend'

In development you have to add a specific URL pattern to your urls in urls.py.
The Django docs talk about this in detail here.
Note that you should disable this url in production. So enable the URL pattern only in development, by doing for instance:
if settings.DEBUG:
urlpatterns += patterns('',
(r'^static/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve',
{'document_root': settings.STATICFILES_DIRS[0], 'show_indexes': True}),
)
assuming the first STATICFILES_DIRS directory is the one containing your CSS (and other static files).
In production it is suggested to never serve static files via Django; do it via Apache or better, Nginx.

Normally, there is no need to specify if settings.DEBUG: and lines below it: they are automatically loaded w/ staticfiles installed and runserver in DEBUG mode.
What you need to do is to make the STATICFILES_FINDERS to find the css file. For the two defined in you settings.py: FileSystemFinder searches dirs in STATICFILES_DIRS, AppDirectoriesFinder searches for the css in installed apps.
Thus, copy the file to /var/dj/oneliners/static or some_installed_app/static will do the trick. Note that before you start to collect statics to STATIC_ROOT, you could simply leave STATIC_ROOT='', and, STATIC_ROOT should be different from dirs defined in STATICFILES_DIRS (could contain) because they're different in logic.

add this to your urlpatterns, it works for me
(r'^css/(?P.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {'document_root': '/xxx/WebRoot/css'}),