Can I use "-" in django project name

Question

While I am trying to create a new project in Django I got this error

command used : django-admin startproject test-service

'test-service' is not a valid project name. Please make sure the name is a valid identifier.

Then I tried with django-admin startproject test_service and it is working. Can you please confirm whether i can use dash in project name. I am planning to do a uniq naming convention for upcoming projects also.

Answer 1

No, you cannot use a hyphen in the project or app name passed to startproject or startapp.

The name must be a valid identifier, this is verified by calling the function str.isidentifier. The Python docs contain the definition of a valid identifier here