I created a new project in django and pasted some files from another project. Whenever I try to run the server, I get the following error message:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "manage.py", line 10, in <module>
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 385, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
.
.
.
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 115, in __init__
raise ImproperlyConfigured("The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.")
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: The SECRET_KEY setting must not be empty.
Here's my settings.py
""" Django settings for dbe project. """
# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
import os
from os.path import join as pjoin
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/howto/deployment/checklist/
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = True
TEMPLATE_DEBUG = True
ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
INSTALLED_APPS = (
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'shared',
'issues',
'blog',
'bombquiz',
'forum',
'portfolio',
'questionnaire',
)
MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
)
TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates"),
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates", "issues"),
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates", "blog"),
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates", "bombquiz"),
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates", "forum"),
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates", "portfolio"),
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "templates", "questionnaire"),
)
ROOT_URLCONF = 'dbe.urls'
WSGI_APPLICATION = 'dbe.wsgi.application'
# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
}
}
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
USE_I18N = True
USE_L10N = True
USE_TZ = True
# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/howto/static-files/
MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
MEDIA_ROOT = pjoin(BASE_DIR, "media")
STATIC_URL = '/static/'
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
pjoin(BASE_DIR, "static"),
)
try:
from local_settings import *
except:
pass
Here's manage.py as well
#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import sys
if __name__ == "__main__":
os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "dbe.settings")
from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
Any help? Thanks!
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