shikajiro / django_db_seed

Converts .csv to Django .json seed files for use with manage.py loaddata method

django_db_seed

Converts .csv to Django .json seed files for use with manage.py loaddata method

Dependencies

• Python3.7
• Pipenv

Getting Started

Clone the repo

$ git clone https://github.com/kipp-bayarea/django_db_seed.git

Install dependencies

$ pip install pipenv
$ pipenv install

Run the script

This script will take four arguments.

1. --csv: The filename of the csv you want to parse
2. --model: The name of the Django model you want to load this data into
3. --json: A filename to save the json seed file as
4. --merge: Used with the --json arg. Will merge all json files into a single file for import.

Example:

Create json seed file from csv

$ pipenv run python main.py --csv "test.csv" --model "app.test" --json "test.json"

Merge all json files for use with django's loaddata method

$ pipenv run python main.py --merge --json "seed.json"