Fixtures in raw Python?

Question

Is there a way to have fixtures in raw Python to, for example, create initial data from external files? I have fixtures in JSON presently, and it might actually be more effective to migrate them to a kind of CSV file and have Python parse these and insert them. Is there a way to do this in Django?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 08 '13 at 06:21

I just released library for exactly this purposes https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django_pyfixture/

You'll get manage.py loaddata_py <fixturename> for console API and py_fixtures = [<list of fixtures>] for your tests.

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django_pyfixture/

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 12 '12 at 20:29

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Catch the post_syncdb signal and do your work in the handler.

answered Mar 12 '12 at 20:29

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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I can't have an `initial_data.py` file or something like that? Is there a way to do this without involving signals? – Naftuli Kay Mar 12 '12 at 20:31
Django only supports [XML, YAML, JSON, or SQL](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/initial-data/) as initial data. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Mar 12 '12 at 20:33
Ok, great. I thought I had heard that they supported Python fixtures, but I guess this works too :) – Naftuli Kay Mar 12 '12 at 20:33

Fixtures in raw Python?

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