General Information

Interacting with the Django Python API.

Checklist

• Django Installed
• Django Configured

Imports and settings to add to your Python script in order to use your Django App's built in API.

Import and Settings

#!/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()
 
# Import Django App Model (from 'myapphere' app)
from myapphere.models import AssetEntry

Different ways to get your app data.

Objects can now be retrieved just like in views.py.

# 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)

Create a new object and then save it to the database.

# 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!")