Error starting Django in Intellij / Pycharm

Question

I have a problem starting a Django server in Intellij / Pycharm (I tried in both).

There is a red cross:

And this is the error I get:

I have Python 2.7.10 and Django (via pip) installed on my computer. I tried reinstalling both python and Django, but that didn't help. I pointed out the sdk project (Python).

Edit:

This is what looks like on the Project Translator page.

and Django configuration:

Answer 1

Try adding DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=untitled.settings to the environment variables listed in the configuration menu by clicking the drop-down menu called "Django" in the first photo.

Answer 2

If your IntelliJ is updated, there is another solution.

I had the same issue in IntelliJ 2017.2 and it drove me crazy until I read this post from an IntelliJ maintainer .

If you use IntelliJ Idea and “Load an Existing Project”, it will model it as a Java project with connected Python modules. You cannot load Django, no matter what you do.

I handled this by clearing the .idea directory and creating a new Django project , the previously existing Django directory being the base directory in IntelliJ. Now I can see Django in the project structure> project parameters> part of the Intellij module, and I can select the django settings file.

Step by step in the pictures

• Delete .idea folder

• Create a new project

• Choose Python> Django

• Click next

• Select an existing django project path (or start from scratch with a new folder)

• Add DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=yourprojectname.settings to your launch configuration (can be found in the file yourprojectname/wsgi.py ).

Enjoy the development of Django 🚀