from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand from optparse import make_option class Command(BaseCommand): option_list = BaseCommand.option_list + ( make_option('--addrport', action='store', dest='addrport', type='string', default='', help='port number or ipaddr:port to run the server on'), ) help = 'Runs a development server with data from the given fixture(s).' args = '[fixture ...]' requires_model_validation = False def handle(self, *fixture_labels, **options): from django.core.management import call_command from django.db import connection verbosity = int(options.get('verbosity', 1)) addrport = options.get('addrport') # Create a test database. db_name = connection.creation.create_test_db(verbosity=verbosity) # Import the fixture data into the test database. call_command('loaddata', *fixture_labels, **{'verbosity': verbosity}) # Run the development server. Turn off auto-reloading because it causes # a strange error -- it causes this handle() method to be called # multiple times. shutdown_message = '\nServer stopped.\nNote that the test database, %r, has not been deleted. You can explore it on your own.' % db_name call_command('runserver', addrport=addrport, shutdown_message=shutdown_message, use_reloader=False)