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Django 1.9 support for Django-autocomplete-light

| by jpic | python django django-autocomplete-light

Since Django 1.9a1 was released, many users are going to upgrade their project and wonder why django-autocomplete-light won’t load anymore. Probably, some users are going to google ImportError or even django.core.exceptions.AppRegistryNotReady: Apps aren't loaded yet about autocomplete_light and Django 1.9. This post documents the situation and provides a solution.

Do:

    find test/ -name foo -exec sed -i 's/import autocomplete_light/from autocomplete_light import shortcuts as autocomplete_light/' '{}' \;

I don’t remember why exactly since we’ve baked Django 1.9 support in April 2015 (victory !!!), but IIRC due to app-loading refactor we can’t have anything in __init__.py for installed apps just for convenience anymore (ie. model imports). To maintain as much backward compatibility as possible, we still load what we can there, but please use autocomplete_light.shortcuts instead.

And while we’re at it, feel free to use from autocomplete_light import shortcuts as al, that’s the namespace used in the django autocomplete examples now.

I’ve pushed the dj19 branch back on github for posterity, it might be instructive to other django app maintainers desiring to support Django 1.9.

Commit 7e6d10e demonstrates how taking the Generic autocompletes out of autocomplete_light/__init__.py was required for Django 1.9 to boot:

    $ ./manage.py runserver
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "./manage.py", line 10, in <module>
        execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
      File "/home/jpic/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 350, in execute_from_command_line
        utility.execute()
      File "/home/jpic/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 342, in execute
        self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
      File "/home/jpic/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 176, in fetch_command
        commands = get_commands()
      File "/home/jpic/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/lru_cache.py", line 100, in wrapper
        result = user_function(*args, **kwds)
      File "/home/jpic/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 71, in get_commands
        for app_config in reversed(list(apps.get_app_configs())):
      File "/home/jpic/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 137, in get_app_configs
        self.check_apps_ready()
      File "/home/jpic/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 124, in check_apps_ready
        raise AppRegistryNotReady("Apps aren't loaded yet.")
    django.core.exceptions.AppRegistryNotReady: Apps aren't loaded yet.

Or pass tests:

    $ tox
    py34-djangomaster create: /home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster
    py34-djangomaster installdeps: https://github.com/django/django/archive/master.tar.gz, -rtest_project/test_requirements_without_django.txt
    py34-djangomaster develop-inst: /home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light
    py34-djangomaster runtests: PYTHONHASHSEED='686383435'
    py34-djangomaster runtests: commands[0] | py.test --strict -r fEsxXw autocomplete_light
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File ".tox/py34-djangomaster/bin/py.test", line 9, in <module>
        load_entry_point('pytest==2.7.0', 'console_scripts', 'py.test')()
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/_pytest/config.py", line 32, in main
        config = _prepareconfig(args, plugins)
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/_pytest/config.py", line 85, in _prepareconfig
        pluginmanager=pluginmanager, args=args)
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/_pytest/core.py", line 521, in __call__
        return self._docall(self.methods, kwargs)
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/_pytest/core.py", line 528, in _docall
        firstresult=self.firstresult).execute()
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/_pytest/core.py", line 393, in execute
        return wrapped_call(method(*args), self.execute)
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/_pytest/core.py", line 109, in wrapped_call
        wrap_controller.send(call_outcome)
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/_pytest/helpconfig.py", line 28, in pytest_cmdline_parse
        config = outcome.get_result()
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/_pytest/core.py", line 137, in get_result
        raise ex[1].with_traceback(ex[2])
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/_pytest/core.py", line 123, in __init__
        self.result = func()
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/_pytest/core.py", line 394, in execute
        res = method(*args)
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/_pytest/config.py", line 636, in pytest_cmdline_parse
        self.parse(args)
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/_pytest/config.py", line 746, in parse
        self._preparse(args)
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/_pytest/config.py", line 718, in _preparse
        args=args, parser=self._parser)
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/_pytest/core.py", line 521, in __call__
        return self._docall(self.methods, kwargs)
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/_pytest/core.py", line 528, in _docall
        firstresult=self.firstresult).execute()
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/_pytest/core.py", line 393, in execute
        return wrapped_call(method(*args), self.execute)
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/_pytest/core.py", line 113, in wrapped_call
        return call_outcome.get_result()
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/_pytest/core.py", line 137, in get_result
        raise ex[1].with_traceback(ex[2])
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/_pytest/core.py", line 123, in __init__
        self.result = func()
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/_pytest/core.py", line 394, in execute
        res = method(*args)
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pytest_django/plugin.py", line 202, in pytest_load_initial_conftests
        _setup_django()
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pytest_django/plugin.py", line 124, in _setup_django
        django.setup()
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/__init__.py", line 18, in setup
        apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 85, in populate
        app_config = AppConfig.create(entry)
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/apps/config.py", line 86, in create
        module = import_module(entry)
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/importlib/__init__.py", line 109, in import_module
        return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
      File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 2254, in _gcd_import
      File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 2237, in _find_and_load
      File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 2226, in _find_and_load_unlocked
      File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1200, in _load_unlocked
      File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1129, in _exec
      File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1471, in exec_module
      File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 321, in _call_with_frames_removed
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/autocomplete_light/__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
        from .registry import AutocompleteRegistry, registry, register, autodiscover
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/autocomplete_light/registry.py", line 26, in <module>
        from .autocomplete import AutocompleteModelBase, AutocompleteInterface
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/autocomplete_light/autocomplete/__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
        from .generic import AutocompleteGeneric
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/autocomplete_light/autocomplete/generic.py", line 4, in <module>
        from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/contrib/contenttypes/models.py", line 159, in <module>
        class ContentType(models.Model):
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/db/models/base.py", line 94, in __new__
        app_config = apps.get_containing_app_config(module)
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 234, in get_containing_app_config
        self.check_apps_ready()
      File "/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 124, in check_apps_ready
        raise AppRegistryNotReady("Apps aren't loaded yet.")
    django.core.exceptions.AppRegistryNotReady: Apps aren't loaded yet.
    ERROR: InvocationError: '/home/jpic/env/src/autocomplete-light/.tox/py34-djangomaster/bin/py.test --strict -r fEsxXw autocomplete_light'

Also, don’t forget to try Django 1.9’s new admin theme !

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