How import a function from another view with Django?

Question

I have this folder hierarchy:

|---- saga
    |---- core
         |---- views.py
    |---- study_time
         |---- views.py

On my study_time/views.py, I have this functions:

def study_time(request):
    def tasks_subjects(week_day, key):
        #Code here
        return __tasks

    def day_studies(week_day):
        __tasks_subjects = tasks_subjects(week_day, 0)
        #Code here
        return __studies

    return render(request, 'study_time.html', context)

On my core/views.py, I need the day_studies() function, so I'm importing like this:

from saga.study_time.views import day_studies
    def home(request):
        day_progress = day_studies(datetime.date.today().isoweekday())

But I'm getting the error:

ImportError: cannot import name 'day_studies'

How can I make this importation? I don't want to reply all code.

Daniel Roseman Daniel Roseman · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-06T14:21:58

You've defined a nested function. That simply isn't visible outside the containing function; in fact, making it invisible from outside is pretty much the only good reason for defining nested functions in Python. Don't do that; move it outside the study_time function.

(Also, don't use double-underscore prefixes like that. They don't make any sense outside a class; and even there you should rarely if ever use them.)

How import a function from another view with Django?

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