DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is undefined?

Question

import os
from os.path import abspath, dirname
import sys

# Set up django
project_dir = abspath(dirname(dirname(__file__)))
sys.path.insert(0, project_dir)
os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "mysite.settings"

I did that, and I still get

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 4, in <module>
    from django.middleware.csrf import get_token
  File "/var/lib/system-webclient/system-webenv/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/middleware/csrf.py", line 14, in <module>
    from django.utils.cache import patch_vary_headers
  File "/var/lib/system-webclient/system-webenv/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/utils/cache.py", line 24, in <module>
    from django.core.cache import cache
  File "/var/lib/system-webclient/system-webenv/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/cache/__init__.py", line 68, in <module>
    cache = get_cache(settings.CACHE_BACKEND)
  File "/var/lib/system-webclient/system-webenv/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 276, in __getattr__
    self._setup()
  File "/var/lib/system-webclient/system-webenv/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 38, in _setup
    raise ImportError("Settings cannot be imported, because environment variable %s is undefined." % ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE)
ImportError: Settings cannot be imported, because environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is undefined

It was a small script calling some django functionality, but it is telling me ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE issue.

What can I do? I spent my whole afternoon reading many posts....

Thanks for helping! This was my 1st time hitting it.

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The traceback. It doesn't give raise our manual exception. It is giving the same exception as above.

webclient/main.py

import os
from os.path import abspath, dirname
import sys
path = '/var/lib/graphyte-webclient/webclient'
if path not in sys.path:
    sys.path.append(path)
sys.path.insert(0, path)
os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "webclient.settings"
raise Exception("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE = " + str(os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"]))

    .... other things

In manage.py shell

>>> from webclient.settings import settings
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: cannot import name settings

>>> import webclient
>>> webclient
<module 'webclient' from '/var/lib/system-webclient/webclient/../webclient/__init__.pyc'>

>>> import webclient.settings
>>> webclient.settings
<module 'webclient.settings' from '/var/lib/system-webclient/webclient/../webclient/settings.pyc'>

webclient/deploy/pinax.fcgi

import os
import sys

from os.path import abspath, dirname, join
from site import addsitedir

sys.path.insert(0, abspath(join(dirname(__file__), "../../")))

from django.conf import settings
os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "webclient.settings"

sys.path.insert(0, join(settings.PROJECT_ROOT, "apps"))

from django.core.servers.fastcgi import runfastcgi
runfastcgi(method="threaded", daemonize="false")

webclient/deploy/pinax.wcgi

import os
import sys

from os.path import abspath, dirname, join
from site import addsitedir

sys.path.insert(0, abspath(join(dirname(__file__), "../../")))

from django.conf import settings
os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = "webclient.settings"
#os.environ["SCRIPT_NAME"] = "/natrium"

sys.path.insert(0, join(settings.PROJECT_ROOT, "apps"))

from django.core.handlers.wsgi import WSGIHandler
application = WSGIHandler()

filesystem image

Answer 1

Add this to the top, it looks like the path to your settings file is not in your system path:

path = '/path/to/mysite'
if path not in sys.path:
   sys.path.append(path)