[Python] views have lost access to models in Django

I have DRF installed with Django, and for some reason my ModelViewSets have lost access to the models.

My views.py

from rest_framework.decorators import api_view, permission_classes
from rest_framework.response import Response
from rest_framework.permissions import IsAdminUser
from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
from rest_framework.viewsets import ModelViewSet
from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
from .models import *
from .serializers import *
from .permissions import *

# Get custom User model
CustomUser = get_user_model()

class VendorViewSet(ModelViewSet):
queryset = Vendor.objects.all()
serializer_class = VendorSerializer
permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated, IsVendor] # Vendors only


Settings.py does have the app listed

INSTALLED_APPS = [
'django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',

#Third-Party Apps
'rest_framework',
'rest_framework.authtoken',
'rest_framework_simplejwt.token_blacklist',
'django_filters',
'corsheaders',
'allauth',
'allauth.account',
'allauth.socialaccount',
'channels', # Required for real-time notifications
'mfa', #MFA Support

# Project Apps
'VMP.apps.VmpConfig', #<--That is the project
]


apps.py

from django.apps import AppConfig


class VmpConfig(AppConfig):
default_auto_field = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
name = 'VMP'

def ready(self):
import VMP.signals


models.py

from django.db import models
from django.conf import settings
from django.contrib.auth.models import User, AbstractBaseUser, BaseUserManager
from django.utils.timezone import timedelta, now
from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError

# File validation function
def validate_file_type(value):
allowed_types = ["application/pdf", "application/msword", "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document"]
if value.content_type not in allowed_types:
raise ValidationError("Only PDF and Word documents are allowed.")

class CustomUserManager(BaseUserManager):
"""Manager for CustomUser"""

def create_user(self, email, password=None, role="customer"):
if not email:
raise ValueError("Users must have an email address")
user = self.model(email=self.normalize_email(email), role=role)
user.set_password(password)
user.save(using=self._db)
return user

def create_superuser(self, email, password=None):
user = self.create_user(email, password, role="admin")
user.is_staff = True
user.is_superuser = True
user.save(using=self._db)
return user

class CustomUser(AbstractBaseUser):
"""Custom user model using email authentication"""
ROLE_CHOICES = [
("vendor", "Vendor"),
("customer", "Customer"),
("admin", "Admin"),
]

email = models.EmailField(unique=True)
role = models.CharField(max_length=10, choices=ROLE_CHOICES, default="customer")
is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
is_staff = models.BooleanField(default=False) # Required for Django admin
is_superuser = models.BooleanField(default=False) # Required for superuser checks

objects = CustomUserManager() # Use the custom manager

USERNAME_FIELD = "email" # Set email as the primary login field
REQUIRED_FIELDS = ["role"]

def __str__(self):
return self.email

class Vendor(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
email = models.EmailField(unique=True)
categories = models.ManyToManyField('Tag', related_name="vendors")
subscription_plan = models.CharField(max_length=50, choices=[
('free', 'Free'),
('premium', 'Premium'),
('enterprise', 'Enterprise')
])
created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

def __str__(self):
return self.name


my problem is that Django is failing to operate because the error is saying that object.all() in the ModelViewSet is not recognizable by class Vendor. In addition, the line from .models include Vendor is unused.

how do I rectify this? Thanks!

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