Flask structure -- can't import application from __init__.py
flask, python
Solution
You are using `views` as the main script. You cannot put a script inside a package; the directory it is in cannot be treated as such. Python adds the `parent/myapp` directory to the Python path, not the `parent` path.
Add a separate script at the top level (next to `myapp`):
from myapp import app
if __name__ == '__main__':
app.run(debug=True)
and add an import to `__init__.py` to import your views:
from flask import Flask
app = Flask(__name__)
import views
and remove the `if __name__ == '__main__':` block from `views.py`.
Problem
I'm a beginner with python and I've been having a lot of trouble setting up the structure of my applications using `__init__.py` even after searching through several tutorials. At the moment, my current directory structure looks like the following ``` /parent /myapp __init__.py views.py /virtualenv ``` Previously, I had (if it makes any difference) ``` /parent /myapp /bin /include /lib ``` The contents of `__init__.py` are below: ``` from flask import Flask app = Flask(__name__) ``` and my views.py ``` from myapp import app @app.route('/') def test(): return 'This is a new test' if __name__ == '__main__': app.run(debug=True) ``` If `myapp` is being initialized with the init file, why can't I call it into the views? I get an error stating 'I cannot import app and I have no module named myapp'. If I remove the init file and copy the contents into the top of the views.py file, everything works fine.