How to import and run a django function at the command line

Question

I have a Django function "get_data_from_text_file()" that I want to test run from the command line. I tried:

>>> import v1.views
>>> get_data_from_text_file("kk")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'get_data_from_text_file' is not defined

Why is it not defined if its imported sucessfully?

I'm kinda new to python, can you explain further, so I can test this function at the command line? — user1592380
– user1592380, Commented Oct 9, 2014 at 14:34
You'd probably want to run v1.views.get_data_from_text_file is my guess . . . — mgilson
– mgilson, Commented Oct 9, 2014 at 14:35
Keep in mind it won't work if it uses anything django related unless you run python manage.py shell and use that instead of your normal python shell. — Ngenator
– Ngenator, Commented Oct 9, 2014 at 14:36
thanks, it turned out to work when I used >>> v1.views.get_data_from_text_file("kk") — user1592380
– user1592380, Commented Oct 9, 2014 at 14:55

Phob1a · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-09 19:54:32Z

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First of all make sure you're using manage.py shell and not plain python in the command line to make this test.

You're not importing the get_data_from_text_file function, but all the view. You could either use:

v1.views.get_data_from_text_file("kk")

or try to do the import like this:

from v1.views import get_data_from_text_file

answered Oct 9, 2014 at 19:54

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