Get into a django app from an external script - Django 1.10

loader.py

import sys
import os

project_name = 'your_project'
project_path = '/your/path/here'  # Or however you want to build it
project_settings_module = project_name + '.settings'

sys.path.append(project_path)
os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', project_settings_module)

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

django.setup()

yourapp = apps.get_app_config('your_app')