pylint-django is a Pylint plugin for improving code analysis for when analysing code using Django. It is also used by the Prospector tool.

Ensure pylint-django is installed and on your path (pip install pylint-django), and then run pylint:

pylint --load-plugins pylint_django [..other options..]

If you have prospector installed, then pylint-django will already be installed as a dependency, and will be activated automatically if Django is detected.

prospector [..other options..]

• Prevents warnings about Django-generated attributes such as Model.objects or Views.request.
• Prevents warnings when using ForeignKey attributes ("Instance of ForeignKey has no member").
• Validates Model.__unicode__ methods.
• Meta informational classes on forms and models do not generate errors.

pylint-django is available under the GPLv2 license.