About Accessing Django Project Code from a Python Script
The minimal setup required to access Django models from a Python script is to set the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable and then call django.setup():
import os
import django
os.environ.setdefault(
"DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "myproject.settings.local"
)
django.setup()
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
print(
"Active users:",
User.objects.filter(is_active=True).count()
)
Alternatively and preferably, create a Django management command instead.
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