Function to get the amount of queries of django query

amount_django_queries.py

def amount_queries():
    """Usage:
    
    start_num_queries = amount_queries()
    
    ... plent of code with django orm queries
    
    end_num_queries = amount_queries()
    
    num_queries = end_num_queries - start_num_queries
    
    """
    from django.db import connection
    from django.conf import settings
    settings.DEBUG = True  # side effect
    num_queries = len(connection.queries)
    return num_queries