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-====== Django API ====== 
- 
-**General Information** 
- 
-Interacting with the Django Python API.  
- 
-**Checklist** 
-  * [[django_install|Django Installed]] 
-  * [[django_configuration|Django Configured]] 
- 
----- 
- 
-====== Imports ====== 
- 
-Imports and settings to add to your Python script in order to use your Django App's built in API. 
- 
-\\ 
-Import and Settings 
-<code python> 
-#!/usr/bin/python 
- 
-# Required module for sys.path.append 
-import sys 
-# Required module for os.environ 
-import os 
- 
-# Import Django WSGI App Loading capabilities 
-from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application 
- 
-##- Configure Django Settings to point to your App -## 
-# sys.path = where manage.py is 
-sys.path.append('/home/django/myprojecthere') 
- 
-# Settings Module = projectname.settings 
-os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"] = 'myprojecthere.settings' 
-application = get_wsgi_application() 
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-# Import Django App Model (from 'myapphere' app) 
-from myapphere.models import AssetEntry 
-</code> 
- 
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- 
-====== Using Your Apps API ====== 
- 
-Different ways to get your app data. 
- 
-===== Load Objects ==== 
- 
-Objects can now be retrieved just like in views.py. 
-<code python> 
-# Load all assets (just like in views.py) 
-asset_list = AssetEntry.objects.order_by('asset_type', 'asset_env', 'asset_name') 
- 
-# Print all names (see your models.py for available fields) 
-for node in asset_list: 
-  print(node.asset_name) 
-</code> 
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-===== Save Objects ==== 
- 
-Create a new object and then save it to the database. 
-<code python> 
-# Set variables that will be used to create a new object 
-new_name = "server99" 
-new_type = "Servers" 
-new_description = "API Added Server" 
-new_env = "Prod" 
-new_os = "CentOS 7" 
-new_hardware = "Virtual" 
- 
-# Create the new object 
-new_entry = AssetEntry(asset_name = new_name, asset_type = new_type, asset_description = new_description, asset_env = new_env, asset_os = new_os, asset_hardware = new_hardware) 
- 
-# Attempt to add new object to the database 
-try: 
-  new_entry.save() 
-  print("--> Entry added successfully.") 
-except: 
-  print("---> ERROR adding entry!") 
-</code> 
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