Accessing django models from a new script

Question

I have seen many answers on how to use django models outside the project. But I have no success with any. I was trying to implement this answer but I get an error. I have create

Answer 1

The following solution work from a script located in the directory where your manage.py is located:

import os
from django.conf import settings
from django.apps import apps

conf = {
    'INSTALLED_APPS': [
        'Demo'
    ],
    'DATABASES': {
        'default': {
            'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
            'NAME': os.path.join('.', 'db.sqlite3'),
        }
    }
}

settings.configure(**conf)
apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)

Replace Demo with your app name and put the correct database configuration for your app. This solution worked for me on Django 1.9.