Django: generate python code from command line

Question

Is here a way to write a Django command to generate code automatically?

In my case: every time I create a new model I must create the following stuff too:

• Create Administration classes in admin.py
• Create service functions related to this model.
• Create a factory using FactoryBoy.
• Create test classes.

It would be nice if there was a command that generates this stuff automatically. Not everything, of course, but just the basic, the definition.

Is there something like this today in Django? Or is there a way I can write Django commands to generate code?

Answer 1

I have not personally used it yet but you could try to use the third-party package Django baker Django Baker that offers that functionality

Django Baker wants to help you get your projects up and running quickly. Given one or more app names, s/he will automatically generate views, forms, urls, admin, and templates for all of the models in the models.py file. All files are pep-8 compliant (with exception to the maximum line length rule, which I don't agree with).

Once you add a single urlpattern to your project's URLconf, you'll have a working list view, detail view, create view, update view, and delete view for each model in your app.

Optionally you may specify which models in an app to bake if you'd rather not generate files for all of them.

Answer 2

Try django commands and jinja2 templates.

With the execution of custom defined command, set of file templates can be updated with appropriate content and copied to respective folders as per need.