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cannot import name 'python_2_unicode_compatible' from 'django.utils.encoding'

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Hi,

I am running python 3.8, django 3 and django-auditlog 0.4.5 (latest pip and PyCharm know about).

When I try to do a clean python manage.py makemigrations ... I get:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 22, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/home/me/PycharmProjects/myApp/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 401, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/home/me/PycharmProjects/myApp/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 377, in execute
    django.setup()
  File "/home/me/PycharmProjects/myApp/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/__init__.py", line 24, in setup
    apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
  File "/home/me/PycharmProjects/myApp/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 114, in populate
    app_config.import_models()
  File "/home/me/PycharmProjects/myApp/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/apps/config.py", line 211, in import_models
    self.models_module = import_module(models_module_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1014, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 783, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/home/me/PycharmProjects/myApp/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/auditlog/models.py", line 13, in <module>
    from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible, smart_text
ImportError: cannot import name 'python_2_unicode_compatible' from 'django.utils.encoding' (/home/me/PycharmProjects/myApp/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/django/utils/encoding.py)

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jagadishgvcommented, May 16, 2020

You can fix this by changing the import wherever you get this error,
old code: from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible, smart_text

Updated code:
from django.utils.encoding import smart_text from six import python_2_unicode_compatible

Go to the mentioned path and edit it, or upgrade all libraries, it should solve the issue.

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shakthifuturecommented, Sep 16, 2020

this solution fixed my issue https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20741754/python-2-unicode-compatible-error/63914949#63914949