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How to run an arbitrary script in the context of the Django project?

Sep 23, 2013 · Updated: Jul 12, 2021 · by Tim Kamanin

The easiest way to do this is to set up your script as a manage.py subcommand. Here's how to do that:

from django.core.management.base import NoArgsCommand, make_option


class Command(NoArgsCommand):
    help = "Whatever you want to print here"

    option_list = NoArgsCommand.option_list + (
        make_option("--verbose", action="store_true"),
    )

    def handle_noargs(self, **options):
        # ... call your script here ...
        pass

Save it as management/commands/yourcommand.py and now you can call your script with ./manage.py yourcommand. Simple!

Example taken from: http://stackoverflow.com/a/1310642/469575.

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