Django third party app name conflicts

Question

I have been trying to get two third party apps to play nice together, and it just hasn't been working for me, due to their names.

The two apps I am trying to get to work are django-user-accounts and django-allauth. The problem is, both apps are using the same namespace "account", and I don't understand the way I'm supposed to fix them.

I did find some things like this, which seem to be the way to go about fixing it, but when I try to implement it, I have two problems.

1. It doesn't seem to do anything at all for django-user-accounts.
2. With django-allauth, there are many different apps underneath the allauth package, and to get the account app folder for it, I have to also create the allauth folder first, which makes those other apps inaccessible.

Here's what I have so far.

Under my project folder I created this structure:

allauth
├── account
│   ├── apps.py
│   └── __init__.py
└── __init__.py

In allauth.account.__init__, I have:

from django.apps import AppConfig

default_app_config = 'allauth.account.apps.CustomAccountAppConfig'

In allauth.account.apps I have:

from django.apps import AppConfig


class CustomAccountAppConfig(AppConfig):

    verbose_name = 'custom account'
    name = "allauth.account"
    label = "custom_account"

    def __init__(self, app_name, app_module):
        AppConfig.__init__(self,app_name, app_module)

This appears to resolve the conflict with the name, but I then get ImportError: No module named 'allauth.socialaccount', because it has overridden the allauth package.

How can I solve this naming conflict and keep all other subpackages and applications working?

Answer 1

Do this to resolve the 3rd party app name conflicts:

you can follow these steps.

- Create a Custom AppConfig for "django-allauth"

You can create a custom AppConfig for the "account" app within the "django-allauth" package to change its name and label. This should help in avoiding the conflict with the "django-user-accounts" package. Here's how you can do it:

In your project structure, create the following files:

your_project/
├── allauth
│   ├── account
│   │   ├── apps.py
│   │   └── __init__.py
│   └── __init__.py
└── your_project/
    ├── __init__.py
    └── settings.py

and in "allauth/account/apps.py", define a custom AppConfig for the "account" app:

# allauth/account/apps.py

from django.apps import AppConfig

class CustomAccountAppConfig(AppConfig):
    name = 'allauth.account'  # Set the full app name
    label = 'custom_account'  # Set a unique label for the app
    verbose_name = 'Custom Account'  # Set a human-readable name

    def ready(self):
        # Import signals and connect them here if needed
        pass

Update "allauth" AppConfig in settings.py:

In your project's "settings.py" file, make sure to use the custom AppConfig you created for the "account" app within the "allauth" package:

# your_project/settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # ...
    'allauth.account.apps.CustomAccountAppConfig',  # Use the custom AppConfig
    # ...
]

Verify Subpackages and Applications:

Ensure that the other subpackages and applications within "django-allauth" are not affected by this change. The custom AppConfig should only affect the "account" app, leaving the rest of the "allauth" functionality intact.

Import Naming Changes:

If you were using the "account" namespace in your code to access features from these packages, you'll need to update the imports to reflect the new naming. For example:

# Before
from allauth.account.models import UserProfile

# After
from allauth.account.models import UserProfile

Why this approch:

This approach should resolve the naming conflict between "django-user-accounts" and "django-allauth" while keeping the other subpackages and applications within "django-allauth" working as expected.

Note: Remember to test the changes thoroughly to ensure everything is functioning as intended.

Hope it helps.