Running a Python script outside of Django

Question

I have a script which uses the Django ORM features, amongst other external libraries, that I want to run outside of Django (that is, executed from the command-line).

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Answer 1

Use runscript from django-extensions: python manage.py runscript

In order to do this, you need to:

1. pip install django-extensions
2. Create a directory called scripts. This can be located in your root directory, or in a specific app.

3. Initialize the directory with a blank init file:

   touch scripts/__init__.py

4. Place your script in this directory, and include a run() function. Example:

   #hello.py
   
   def hello():
       return "Hello, World"
   
   def run():
       print hello()
   

5. Run the script with python manage.py runscript hello

Refer to docs and helpful blog post for more details.