ImportError: cannot import name

The problem is that you have a circular import: in app.py

from mod_login import mod_login

in mod_login.py

from app import app

This is not permitted in Python. See Circular import dependency in Python for more info. In short, the solution are

• either gather everything in one big file
• delay one of the import using local import

This can also happen if you've been working on your scripts and functions and have been moving them around (i.e. changed the location of the definition) which could have accidentally created a looping reference.

You may find that the situation is solved if you just reset the iPython kernal to clear any old assignments:

%reset

or menu->restart terminal