Question: Is it possible to override settings from django?

[stefanfoulis]

In my app I'm trying to override a setting that has a default in django (LOGIN_URL) based on a special setting in my app.

I tried setting LOGIN_URL on an AppConf with Meta.prefix = '', but that obviously just picks up the default setting from django (LOGIN_URL='/accounts/login') instead of using the default value specified on my configuration.

[jezdez]

If you import the Django settings object from your app's conf module, then yes, you could easily override it in the AppConf configure_* methods, e.g.:

class MyAppConf(AppConf):
    SPAM = True
    EGGS = False

    def configure_eggs(self, value):
        # value comes from your project settings
        if value == True:
            # self._meta.holder is the django.conf.settings object
            self._meta.holder.LOGIN_URL = 'http://something.completely.different/'
        return value

Does that solve your problem?

[stefanfoulis]

yes, that looks like exactly what I need. Thanks!

[jezdez]

w00t!