Writing Custom Management Commands

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Writing Custom Management Commands

Management commands allow you to create custom scripts that can be executed via 'python manage.py command_name'.

snippet.py
python
from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 
class Command(BaseCommand):
    help = 'Displays a simple greeting'
 
    def handle(self, *args, **options):
        self.stdout.write('Hello from the CLI!')

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Breakdown

class Command(BaseCommand):

Django looks for a class named 'Command' inside 'management/commands/' files.

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

The main entry point where your command's logic resides.

self.stdout.write(...)

The standard way to print output to the console in a Django command.

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