Use Django Fixtures to Automatically Load Data when You Install an App

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Use Django Fixtures to Automatically Load Data when You Install an App

First, load some data via the admin that should always be there when someone installs the app.

Next, dump that data out into JSON format into a fixture:

$ ./manage.py dumpdata [app_name] > [app_name]/fixtures/initial_data.json

Now whenever someone installs the app and runs syncdb, they'll get that initial data loaded into their database.

Sources

• Providing initial data for models
• django-admin.py and manage.py

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