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Yumei Leventhal • Edited

I can't seem to get pytest to work. The file 'pytest.ini' and the folder 'tests' are both in the root directory -- is that correct? Here's part of the error:

venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/conf/init.py:63: in _setup
raise ImproperlyConfigured(
E django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Requested setting INSTALLED_APPS, but settings are not configured. You must either define the environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure() before accessing settings.

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Kimmo Sääskilahti

Thanks for raising the issue! Have you checked your directory structure and pytest.ini exactly match the one in the accompanying repository? The github workflow seems to work fine 🤔

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Yumei Leventhal

Thanks for responding! The error must have been on my end. I moved 'pytest.ini' in and out of the 'tests' folder and now everything works. Thank you very much!