django-balanced - Database Error - mysql

Question

I'm trying to install the django-balanced app in my project and I'm getting an error.
I did the following as the readme file says:
#Add to settings
import os
BALANCED = {
'API_KEY': os.environ.get('BALANCED_API_KEY'),
}
INSTALLED_APPS = (
...
'django.contrib.admin', # if you want to use the admin interface
'django_balanced',
...
)
#ran the following on my project root folder
BALANCED_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY django-admin.py syncdb #replacing the YOUR_API_KEY with my key
When I do this, I get the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/django-admin.py", line 5, in <module>
management.execute_from_command_line()
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 453, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 392, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 272, in fetch_command
klass = load_command_class(app_name, subcommand)
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 77, in load_command_class
module = import_module('%s.management.commands.%s' % (app_name, name))
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line 35, in import_module
__import__(name)
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/syncdb.py", line 8, in <module>
from django.core.management.sql import custom_sql_for_model, emit_post_sync_signal
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/sql.py", line 9, in <module>
from django.db import models
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py", line 11, in <module>
if settings.DATABASES and DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS not in settings.DATABASES:
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 53, in __getattr__
self._setup(name)
File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/conf/__init__.py", line 46, in _setup
% (desc, ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE))
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Requested setting DATABASES, but settings are not configured. You must either define the environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure() before accessing settings.
When I do the python manage.py syncdb, I get no errors with the database. I might be missing something in the database setting that the readme file does not mention. Thanks in advance
here is my database settings:
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
'NAME': 'payload', # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
'USER': 'root', # Not used with sqlite3.
'PASSWORD': 'pass123', # Not used with sqlite3.
'HOST': '', # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
'PORT': '', # Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.
}
}

Answer 1

You can also type the following command
BALANCED_API_KEY=YOUR_API_KEY python manage.py syncdb

Answer 2

You need to set the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE:
You must either define the environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure() before accessing settings