Django custom management commands: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'Command'

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I am trying to make a custom management command as show in the docs here: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/custom-management-commands/ When I try to run the command from my project directory I am experiencing the following error: ``` AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'Command' ``` Here is the file: ``` #event_expiration.py from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError from app.models import Event import datetime class Command(BaseCommand): help = 'deletes expired events' def handle(self, *args, **options): today = datetime.datetime.now() events = Event.objects.filter(date=datetime.date(2011,11,11)) for e in events: e.delete() self.stdout.write('Expired events successfully deleted.') ``` The command I am running is : ``` $ python manage.py event_expiration ``` I've made sure I am adding the event_expiration.py file within management and commands folders and that those folders have init files. those are in one of my app folders. Am I overloo…

Accepted Answer

What is your file structure like? It should be like so:

```
app/
    __init__.py
    management/
        __init__.py
        commands/
            __init__.py
            event_expiration.py
```

If the structure is as above, try the following:

```
python manage.py shell
>>> from app.management.commands import event_expiration
>>> dir(event_expiration)
['Account', 'BaseCommand', 'Callback', 'Command', 'CommandError', 'Comment', 'Status', 'User', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', '__package__', 'clean_phone_number', 'csv', 'models', 'os', 're']
```

I've listed the pure output of running `dir` on a management command of my own. Give that a try, and report back what is available to the module. You might find yourself getting an error at this point, which may help diagnose. I'm suspecting a problem with importing django itself. I'm guessing the `python manage.py shell` will fail, which will mean it's not a problem with your command, but a problem with the project.

Edit 2:

The fact that `check_expiration` was visible in your `dir` output supports my theory that the folder structure is amiss in someway. Unless there's specifically a function named that within your module.

Please do the following and show the output:

```
cd /path/to/app/
find .
```

Also, show the entire contents of your `event_expiration.py` file, and the contents of your `management/commands/__init__.py` file. Be wary of spaces mixed with tabs as whitespace also.

Django custom management commands: AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'Command'

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