Creating a Django 1.8 admin command

cacheutils.py

def clear_whole_cache():
    print("Hey, the whole cache is cleared!")


def clear_partial_cache():
    print("Hey, partial cache is cleared!")

clearcache.py

from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
from example import cacheutils


class Command(BaseCommand):
    def add_arguments(self, parser):
        # This is an optional argument
        parser.add_argument(
            '--partial',  # argument flag
            action='store_true',  # action to take, stores true if present
            dest='partial',  # argument name
            default=False,  # it is false by default
            help="Clears the cache partially"  # a help message
        )

    def handle(self, *args, **options):
        try:
            if options['partial']:
                cacheutils.clear_partial_cache()
            else:
                cacheutils.clear_whole_cache()
        except Exception as e:
            raise CommandError("An error has occurred: {}".format(e))

        self.stdout.write("Command executed successfully")

django-admin-command-structure

example/
└── management
│   ├── commands
│   │   ├── clearcache.py
│   │   └── __init__.py
│   └── __init__.py
├── cacheutils.py
├── ...
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