NameError: name 'basestring' is not defined

[drnow4u]

Hi,

I try this modul with Python 3.4.1, Django 1.6.5, django-smart-selects
1.0.9 and got following error:

Validating models...

Unhandled exception in thread started by <function check_errors.<locals>.wrapper at 0x014CA588>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\workspace\03-src\lib\site-packages\django\utils\autoreload.py", line 93, in wrapper
    fn(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\workspace\03-src\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\commands\runserver.py", line 101, in
inner_run
    self.validate(display_num_errors=True)
  File "C:\workspace\03-src\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 310, in validate
    num_errors = get_validation_errors(s, app)
  File "C:\workspace\03-src\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\validation.py", line 34, in get_valid
ation_errors
    for (app_name, error) in get_app_errors().items():
  File "C:\workspace\03-src\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\loading.py", line 196, in get_app_errors
    self._populate()
  File "C:\workspace\03-src\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\loading.py", line 75, in _populate
    self.load_app(app_name, True)
  File "C:\workspace\03-src\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\loading.py", line 99, in load_app
    models = import_module('%s.models' % app_name)
  File "C:\workspace\03-src\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 109, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 2254, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 2237, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 2226, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1200, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1129, in _exec
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1471, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 321, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "C:\workspace\03-src\djangoproject\service\models.py", line 34, in <module>
    class Vehicle(models.Model):
  File "C:\workspace\03-src\djangoproject\service\models.py", line 45, in Vehicle
    auto_choose=True
  File "C:\workspace\03-src\lib\site-packages\smart_selects\db_fields.py", line 20, in __init__
    if isinstance(to, basestring):
NameError: name 'basestring' is not defined

I found some advice: oxplot/fysom#1

[elvisperez]

For: Python 3.4 Django 1.6.5
Hi, you should add before imports the next:

try:
unicode = unicode
except NameError:
# 'unicode' is undefined, must be Python 3
str = str
unicode = str
bytes = bytes
basestring = (str,bytes)
else:
# 'unicode' exists, must be Python 2
str = str
unicode = unicode
bytes = str
basestring = basestring

[SalahAdDin]

Hi, where i have put this code?

Can you anyone fix this for full compatibility with Python 3.4 and Django 1.7?

Please, it's very important fix this issue for a urgent project for my work!

[elvisperez]

Hi. In all class where you have this problem
El feb 7, 2015 2:33 AM, "Yusuf (Josè) Luis" [email protected]
escribió:

Hi, where i have put this code?

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[dmytrokyrychuk]

I am going to work on this issue today.

UPD: this is already fixed by this PR.

[SalahAdDin]

@orgkhnargh But, have i to modify theses packages files for fix this bug?
@elvisperez but, i put this in my code and i have a problem with unicode and basestring,s we have import six?

[dmytrokyrychuk]

@SalahAdDin yes, you have to modify django-smart-selects package files to fix this error. However you do not have to do it yourself. @d9pouces have already did it. You may want to build a package from this repo: https://github.com/d9pouces/django-smart-selects

Django ships with built in six module. Take a look at this page: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/python3/

[SalahAdDin]

Ah ok, thank you, i did all manually.

[SalahAdDin]

Guys, i think that we should create a own fork of django-smart-selects and put in it all PR for update and put many features for this. SmartSelect's author don't want update this repo and this is not good.

[SalahAdDin]

Now, we have the next warning:

/home/tulipan/Proyectos/TiempoTurco/lib/python3.4/site-packages/smart_selects/views.py:10: RemovedInDjango19Warning: django.db.models.get_model is deprecated.
  model_class = get_model(app, model)

Can anyone fix it?

[jimmykobe1171]

fixed in new release 1.1.1