is there a way to create database from django manage command?

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is there a way to create database from django manage command ? i want create a multitenant Application and need to generate dynamic database configuration for django manage command.

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
    },
   **'another_generated_from_manage_command'**:{
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
}

}

i think, in your context, for a given tenant, upon his signup, the database should be then **automatically** created, via **template of database schema** not via `django` manage command ? but if you need it for some reasons have a look at this topic https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/db/multi-db/#defining-your-databases — cizario, Jul 05 '20 at 12:53

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 05 '20 at 13:43

I am using multi-database one for development and other for production. However, I've never seen a command that is generated and configured by a python command.

Therefore, this is the approach I have done:

if 'DATABASE_URL' in os.environ:
    #Deployed DB
    DATABASES = {
        'default': dj_database_url.parse(os.environ.get('DATABASE_URL'))
    }
else:
    #Local DB
    DATABASES = {
        'default': {
            'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
            'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
            }
        }

is there a way to create database from django manage command?

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