Can The Django Development Server Be Started Programmatically?

I'm trying to start the django development server from another module in my package. My module can import manage.py, and I want to execute the equivalent of manage.py runserver wit

Solution 1:

Yes. Just do what's in the manage.py:

import os
from django.core.managementimport execute_from_command_line
os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'web.settings')
execute_from_command_line(list_of_args)

This should work fine. Just remember that execute_from_command_line accepts originally sys.argv as argument, so the command runserver is on the index 1:

list_of_args = ['', 'runserver']