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Python CRUD Rest API, using: Django, Postgres, Docker and Docker Compose

Francesco Ciulla on April 02, 2023

Let's create a CRUD Rest API in Python using: Django (Python framework) Django Rest Framework (for the Rest API) Postgres (relational database) D...

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svobop • Apr 2 '23

Cool.

I tried this to learn a bit about docker. I don't think I understand how it is supposed to work.

When I first went through the steps I've got an error:

djangoapp  |   File "/app/djangoproject/urls.py", line 21, in <module>
djangoapp  |     path('users/', include('djangoapp.urls')),
djangoapp  | NameError: name 'include' is not defined

Which is pretty obvious, I forgot to import include, my issue is I don't know how to update the code in the container.

I would expect rebuilding should fix that, but it doesn't.

docker compose up --build

I have also tried to remove everything and retrace my steps.

docker stop $(docker ps -aq)
docker rm $(docker ps -aq)

docker system prune -af --volumes

Francesco Ciulla • Apr 2 '23

line 2. Did you import the include?

svobop • Apr 2 '23

That's exactly how I tried to fix that. I have that code in my project folder, but no matter what I do the container seems to be stuck with the old code.

Do I need to change Dockerfile or docker-compose.yml to make sure files are overwritten when rebuilding?

Francesco Ciulla • Apr 2 '23

did you try docker compose up --build?

svobop • Apr 3 '23

Yes, that's what I said would expect to update the container.

That's my luck. I always run into some weird bugs. I will have to try later on my other pc.

Francesco Ciulla • Apr 4 '23

I'd suggest to try again from scratch and when you find the error you let me know here. good luck

alok-38 • Jun 9 '23 • Edited

Hi Francesco,

First of all, a huge thanks for for putting in so much effort in creating this comprehensive and easy to follow step-by-step tutorial.

I was able to successfully run

docker compose build

but when I run

docker compose up

I get this error

I ran

docker compose down

checked the logs for errors and I could not find any.

Francesco Ciulla • Jun 25 '23

did you check the video on YouTube?

alok-38 • Jun 26 '23

Not yet. I will do that some other day. Thank you.

Francesco Ciulla • Jul 3 '23

no problem

alok-38 • Jun 9 '23 • Edited

Update:

I get the same error even after creating the database and a table in PostgreSQL and running

docker compose build

. Below is the output of

docker compose up

.

 docker compose up
Attaching to db, django_app
db          | 
db          | PostgreSQL Database directory appears to contain a database; Skipping initialization
db          | 
db          | 2023-06-09 11:43:08.562 UTC [1] LOG:  starting PostgreSQL 12.15 (Debian 12.15-1.pgdg110+1) on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1 20210110, 64-bit
db          | 2023-06-09 11:43:08.563 UTC [1] LOG:  listening on IPv4 address "0.0.0.0", port 5432
db          | 2023-06-09 11:43:08.563 UTC [1] LOG:  listening on IPv6 address "::", port 5432
db          | 2023-06-09 11:43:08.564 UTC [1] LOG:  listening on Unix socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"
db          | 2023-06-09 11:43:08.580 UTC [27] LOG:  database system was shut down at 2023-06-09 11:32:17 UTC
db          | 2023-06-09 11:43:08.587 UTC [1] LOG:  database system is ready to accept connections
django_app  | Creating Migrations...
django_app  | Migrations for 'django_app':
django_app  |   django_app/migrations/0001_initial.py
django_app  |     - Create model User
django_app  | ====================================
django_app  | Starting Migrations...
django_app  | Operations to perform:
django_app  |   Apply all migrations: admin, auth, contenttypes, django_app, sessions
django_app  | Running migrations:
django_app  |   No migrations to apply.
django_app  | ====================================
django_app  | Starting Server...
django_app  | Watching for file changes with StatReloader
django_app  | Performing system checks...
django_app  | 
django_app  | System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
django_app  | June 09, 2023 - 11:43:10
django_app  | Django version 3.2.5, using settings 'django_project.settings'
django_app  | Starting development server at http://0.0.0.0:8000/
django_app  | Quit the server with CONTROL-C.
django_app  | Not Found: /
django_app  | [09/Jun/2023 11:43:13] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 404 2171

Francesco Ciulla • Jun 25 '23

did you manage to solve it?

alok-38 • Jun 26 '23

Not yet. If I try this once more and face any issues, I will update.

Francesco Ciulla • Jul 3 '23

ok good luck

Federex A Potolin • May 16 '23 • Edited

I have encountered some issues.

1.) I used Dbeaver to have an interface for my postgres database. But I got connection error says FATAL: password authentication failed for user "postgres" FATAL: password authentication failed for user "postgres"

2.) The moment I run docker compose up I dont see output in terminal that is similar to the content of django.sh file.

I am using a windows with linux subsysmtem using ubuntu. I run the djangoproject in ubuntu 22.04 linux subsystem.

But your project tutorial works fine if I use the standard procedure or standalone django and postgre, without using Docker.
But if I use docker, I encountered the error I said earlier