Access Django from outside Django shell in real Python

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I run Django through a Python 3.4 virtualenv and I want to make some cronjob scripts that will access models and save.

I can do this through the Django shell python manage.py shell will initiate the Django shell. From there I can do from polls.models import Poll, Choice and make a new Poll and save it into the DB.

How can I do this through the regular Python shell?

Jon · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-08 00:20:24Z

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Your best bet is probably to create a management command. You can run it from the command line by calling (python manage.py ) and from within the script you can access any django functions or models.

For further instructions on how see here https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/custom-management-commands/

answered Jul 8, 2014 at 0:20

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user1757703 Over a year ago

Awesome. Just what I was looking for. Didn't even know you can do this.

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