How to reload modules in django shell?

Question

I am working with Django and use Django shell all the time. The annoying part is that while the Django server reloads on code changes, the shell does not, so every time I ma

Answer 1

My solution for this inconvenient follows. I am using IPython.

$ ./manage.py shell
> import myapp.models as mdls   # 'mdls' or whatever you want, but short...
> mdls.SomeModel.objects.get(pk=100)
> # At this point save some changes in the model
> reload(mdls)
> mdls.SomeModel.objects.get(pk=100)

For Python 3.x, 'reload' must be imported using:

from importlib import reload

Hope it helps. Of course it is for debug purposes.

Cheers.