How to execute python manage.py django management command via button on the website on Heroku

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I have a Django management commands that I would like to run. I would like to have it available for a user by clicking the button and it would execute it. I do not need help to write one - I have them working, but always I need to run them from the terminal like:

heroku run python manage.py syncdata

Very convenient would be to just click the button on the running production website and it would start it for me. How can I make this happen on the site running on Heroku?

As a simple example:

from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
from project.models import Video

class Command(BaseCommand):
    help = 'Sync Movie / Plays'

    def handle(self, *args, **options):

        uri_video = Video.objects.all()
        for item in uri_video:
            item.update(title=item.title.capitalize())

        print "Done."

It is just updating the title which not important.

The handle() function of your management command is nothing else than a python function that you can call from anywhere. So just build a view that calls it and your button could have a javascript calling that view using ajax, returning if it succeeded or not. — dirkgroten
– dirkgroten, Commented Aug 10, 2019 at 21:55
@dirkgroten I have added a small example of the django command. Can you show a simple example code how to call it in the view and if possible with a small javascript / ajax the return? — Radek
– Radek, Commented Aug 11, 2019 at 2:01

icyfire · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-10 22:19:49Z

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Adding a bit to the comment by dirkgroten, you can create a view that calls the below functionality and have it called asynchronously using ajax.

from django.core import management
management.call_command("syncdata")

answered Aug 10, 2019 at 22:19

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Radek Over a year ago

Have added a comment to @dirkgroten's answer - would you be able to show a little example how to accomplish this?

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