Django - Error importing storages.backends

Question

I have created a custom storage backend, the file is called storages.py and is placed in an app called core:

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Answer 1

There is a namespace conflict; the storage absolute name clashes with a storage local name. It may be unintuitive, but you can import from module in itself:

// file my_module/clash.py
import clash
print clash.__file__

Now we run python shell in a dir containing a my_module:

$ python
>>> import my_module.clash
my_module.clash.py

In short, your module tries to import a backend from itself.

You need an absolute import - Trying to import module with the same name as a built-in module causes an import error.

Answer 2

I had this same issue, but for me it turns out that despite django-storages being installed, boto was not. A simple pip install boto fixed the error in my scenario.

Answer 3

I had another type of issue that can help others, I used to have another file named storages.py but I deleted that file days ago, and still getting the Exception... the thing is I didn't had deleted the file storages.pyc !

Answer 4

Typo error. Change:

DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.s3boto.S3BotoStorage'

TO:

DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.s3boto.S3Boto3Storage'