How to keep all my django applications in specific folder

Question

I have a Django project, let\'s say \"project1\". Typical folder structure for applications is:

/project1/
         /app1/
         /app2/
         ...
             


        

Answer 1

How about you utilize the BASE_DIR variable already present in the settings.py.

Just add the following:

import sys
sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'apps'))

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

You can add your apps folder to your python path by inserting the following in your settings.py:

import os
import sys

PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(__file__)
sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, 'apps'))

Then you can use all the apps in this folder just in the same way as they were in your project root!

Answer 3

Just add __init__.py (4 underscores in total) in your apps folder. Now you can just do

urlpatterns = [
        path('polls/',include('apps.polls.urls')),
        path('admin/', admin.site.urls)
]

Answer 4

In my case, my project folder structure is the following:

/project/
   /apps/
      /app1/
      /app2/
   /src/
      /settings.py
      ...

So I've solved it with these two lines on my settings.py:

BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))
sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(BASE_DIR, '../apps'))

No need to alter urls.py.

Answer 5

If you're using virtualenv/virtualenvwrapper (which is a bit dated but still valid), you can use the included add2virtualenv command to augment your python path:

mkdir apps
cd apps
pwd
[/path/to/apps/dir]

Copy that path to clipboard, then:

add2virtualenv /path/to/apps/dir

Answer 6

You can do this very easily, but you need to change the settings.py to look like this:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'apps.app1',
    'apps.app2',
    # ...
)

And your urls.py to look like this:

urlpatterns = patterns('', 
    (r'^app1/',include('apps.app1')),    
    (r'^app2/',include('apps.app2')),    
)

.. and modify any imports to point to the app location