Referencing a python package installed with pip

Question

I'm working on a django project which uses a package called django-google-storage.

I installed the package into a virtualenv using

pip install django-google-storage

Now I want to reference the package from within my app -

from django-google-storage.storage import GoogleStorage

But of course I can't because there's hyphens in the name (invalid syntax).

I've never come across this before - I might install a package with hyphens in the package name (eg pip install django-grappelli), but the package is always saved to the virtualenv with a valid identifier in the name (eg 'grappelli').

What should I do to get this working?

Answer 1

import importlib
themodule = importlib.import_module('django-google-storage')

But, according to the readme on github:

It' [sic] just a compilation of django-storages and boto to improve you abilities to use Google Storage.

I don't think the author intended for you to import this module.

Answer 2

This module is not intended to be imported directly. It is intended to override the django storage class.

django/core/storage.py

class Storage(object):
    """
    A base storage class, providing some default behaviors that all other
    storage systems can inherit or override, as necessary.
    """

So follow these instructions you need to:

Modify your settings.py and:

1. add 'django-google-storage' to your INSTALLED_APPS
2. put 'django-google-storage.storage.GoogleStorage' in DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE.
3. add GS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, GS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY and GS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME

That should be it.

Answer 3

You should not import this module. Set the 'django-google-storage.storage.GoogleStorage' class as your DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE and you're done