Useful Django Commands

A collection of useful django commands that are used on a daily basis.

Create migrations

python manage.py makemigrations

Apply migrations

python manage.py migrate

Create superuser

python manage.py createsuperuser

Change user password

python manage.py changepassword <username>

Clear all data

python manage.py flush

Revert to a previous migration

python manage.py migrate app_name 0032_name_of_migration

This will undo 0033_name_of_migration and move the db one step back. It is safe to delete the migration file after. It is also possible to just provide the first 4 numbers of the migration and not provide the full name.

Create fixutres

python manage.py dumpdata app_name

The output should be saved to a .json file.

Load fixutres

python manage.py loaddata fixture_name.json

Start interactive terminal

python manage.py shell