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run : run a Python script under the Django environment of a site

pm run

For example if you have a file myscript.py with the following content in your project directory...

# used by docs/specs/lino.rst
import sys
from lino.api import rt

print(rt.models.contacts.Partner.objects.get(pk=sys.argv[1]))

... then you can run this script using:

$ pm run myscript.py 101
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Saying pm run myscript.py is almost the same as saying manage.py shell < myscript.py) (i.e. feeding your script to the stdin of Django's shell command), but with the possibility of using command line arguments.

This command modifies sys.args, __file__ and __name__ so that the invoked script sees them as if it had been called directly.

It is similar to the runscript command which comes with django-extensions.

This is yet another answer to the frequently asked Django question about how to run standalone Django scripts ([1], [2]).

This command is defined by the lino core plugin.

This page is a tested document and the following instructions are used for initialization:

>>> import lino
>>> lino.startup('lino_book.projects.min1.settings')
>>> from lino.api.doctest import *
>>> from atelier.sheller import Sheller
>>> shell = Sheller(settings.SITE.project_dir)

>>> shell("django-admin run --help")  
usage: django-admin run [-h] [--version] [-v {0,1,2,3}] [--settings SETTINGS] [--pythonpath PYTHONPATH]
                        [--traceback] [--no-color] [--force-color]
                        ...

Run a Python script within the Django environment for this site.

positional arguments:
  filename              The script to run.

option...s:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --version             Show program's version number and exit.
  -v {0,1,2,3}, --verbosity {0,1,2,3}
                        Verbosity level; 0=minimal output, 1=normal output, 2=verbose output, 3=very
                        verbose output
  --settings SETTINGS   The Python path to a settings module, e.g. "myproject.settings.main". If this
                        isn't provided, the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable will be used.
  --pythonpath PYTHONPATH
                        A directory to add to the Python path, e.g. "/home/djangoprojects/myproject".
  --traceback           Raise on CommandError exceptions.
  --no-color            Don't colorize the command output.
  --force-color         Force colorization of the command output.

>>> shell("python manage.py run myscript.py 101")  
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