django run management command from code

To run a Django management command from code, you can follow these steps:

  1. Import the necessary modules:
from django.core.management import call_command

The call_command function is provided by Django and allows you to execute management commands programmatically.

  1. Call the call_command function with the desired command and any additional arguments or options:
call_command('mycommand', arg1='value1', arg2='value2')

In this example, 'mycommand' is the name of the management command you want to run. You can pass any additional arguments or options as keyword arguments. For example, arg1='value1' and arg2='value2' are arguments that will be passed to the command.

  1. If necessary, capture the output of the command:
from io import StringIO

output = StringIO()
call_command('mycommand', arg1='value1', arg2='value2', stdout=output)
result = output.getvalue()

Here, we use the StringIO class from the io module to create a file-like object to capture the command's output. We pass this object as the stdout argument to call_command. After running the command, we can retrieve the output using the getvalue() method of the StringIO object.

That's it! By following these steps, you can run Django management commands from your code.