How to create custom Django management commands
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I need to create a custom command that I can run with manage.py. How do I create one?
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Create command file structure
myapp/
management/
__init__.py
commands/
__init__.py
mycommand.pyWrite the command
# myapp/management/commands/mycommand.py
from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
class Command(BaseCommand):
help = 'Description of my command'
def add_arguments(self, parser):
parser.add_argument('--name', type=str)
def handle(self, *args, **options):
name = options.get('name', 'World')
self.stdout.write(f'Hello, {name}!')
self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS('Done!'))Run the command
python manage.py mycommand --name John
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