python - Connecting Django web app database to postgresql on Pythonanywhere -

i want connect django web app database postgresql database have on pythonanywhere paid account. before coding anything, wanted talking each other. settings.py database section django app. i'm running python 3.5 , django 1.9.

databases = { 'default': {     'engine': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',     'name': '[mydatabasename]',     'user': '[myusername]',     'password': '[mypassword]',     'host': 'xxxxxxxx-xxx.postgres.pythonanywhere-services.com',     'port': '10130',     } } 

the host , port we're both provided pythonanywhere.com site under tab database , postgres. did create database, username, , password on postgres console.

i created checkedb.py script found check if connection postgres database works.

from django.db import connections db_conn = connections['default'] try:     c = db_conn.cursor() except operationalerror:     connected = false else:     connected = true 

this error receive after running code.

    traceback (most recent call last):   file "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 38, in _setup     settings_module = os.environ[environment_variable]   file "/usr/lib/python3.4/os.py", line 633, in __getitem__     raise keyerror(key) none keyerror: 'django_settings_module' during handling of above exception, exception occurred: traceback (most recent call last):   file "/home/giraldez/golf/golf/dbcheck.py", line 2, in <module>     db_conn = connections['default']   file "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 196, in __getitem__     self.ensure_defaults(alias)   file "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 170, in ensure_defaults     conn = self.databases[alias]   file "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/django/utils/functional.py", line 49, in __get__     res = instance.__dict__[self.func.__name__] = self.func(instance)   file "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 153, in databases     self._databases = settings.databases   file "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 54, in __getattr__     self._setup(name)   file "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 47, in _setup     % (desc, environment_variable)) django.core.exceptions.improperlyconfigured: requested setting databases, settings not configured. must either define environment variable d jango_settings_module or call settings.configure() before accessing settings. 

the directory project looks this

golf/ ---golf/ ------__init.py__ ------dbcheck.py ------settings.py ------urls.py ------wsgi.py ---media/ ---static/ ---manage.py 

you need setup django first if using standalone script. have been easier try ./manage.py shell. if want test standalone script, here goes:

import sys,os  if __name__ == '__main__':  # pragma nocover     # setup environ     sys.path.append(os.getcwd())      os.environ.setdefault("django_settings_module", "main.settings_dev")     import django     django.setup()  django.db import connections db_conn = connections['default'] try:     c = db_conn.cursor() except operationalerror:     connected = false else:     connected = true