How to have a Python script for a Django app that accesses models without using the manage.py shell?
django, django-models, python
Solution
You need to setup django environment first:
from your_project import settings
from django.core.management import setup_environ
setup_environ(settings)
At last import your models, everything goes just like django.
Problem
I'm writing a script to import some model objects into the database my django application uses. In the past I've solved this by running `./manage.py shell` and then `import myscript`. I'm sure there's a better way. I'd like to be able to call a script from anywhere on my HD using `python scriptname.py`, and in the first few lines of that script it would do whatever imports / other operations necessary so that it can access model objects and behave as though it was run using `manage.py shell`. What do I need to add to my script to achieve this? EDIT: Based on @Melug's answer, with addition of dynamically setting Python path to address the 'anywhere on my HD' part of the question: ``` import sys sys.path.append('c:\\my_projec_src_folder') from myproject import settings from django.core.management import setup_environ setup_environ(settings) ```