How do i fix "No module named storages.backends.s3boto" error with heroku?

Question

I am working with Amazon S3 to serve static files and also using heroku as a Paas. I following this tutorial. I did a,

python manage.py collectstatic

locally and it worked just fine but when i do a,

heroku run python manage.py collectstatic --noinput

i get the error,

django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error importing storage module storages.backends.s3boto: "No module named storages.backends.s3boto"

What am i doing wrong here.

yes i did, infact i did a `pip freeze requirements.txt`. it works for me — Suziemac Tani, May 17 '13 at 09:25
@EsseTi you my friend are genius, thats what was missing, apparently ma small brains thought if i did `pip freeze requirements.txt` it would add libraries that are not there. Thanks — Suziemac Tani, May 17 '13 at 09:45
you are welcome. i'll write an answer so you can mark it as accepted and people will not try to answer your question. — EsseTi, May 17 '13 at 09:49
Does this answer your question? [Django storages: Import Error - no module named storages](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23207192/django-storages-import-error-no-module-named-storages) — Daniel Long, Mar 10 '20 at 23:18

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered May 17 '13 at 09:50

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the django-storages is missing. do a new pip freeze > requirements.txt

answered May 17 '13 at 09:50

EsseTi

Thanks ... Even if your answer is a little older :) – BlindSide Sep 05 '22 at 21:04

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