Django on Travis CI

settings.py

"""A basic database set-up for Travis CI.

The set-up uses the 'TRAVIS' (== True) environment variable on Travis
to detect the session, and changes the default database accordingly.

Be mindful of where you place this code, as you may accidentally
assign the default database to another configuration later in your code.
"""

import os

# (...)

if 'TRAVIS' in os.environ:
    DATABASES = {
        'default': {
            'ENGINE':   'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
            'NAME':     'travisci',
            'USER':     'postgres',
            'PASSWORD': '',
            'HOST':     'localhost',
            'PORT':     '',
        }
    }

# (...)

travis.yml

#   A basic travis.yml boilerplate for Django projects
#
#   The set-up assumes a postgreSQL database.
#
#   Replace the following variables in the code:
# * your_project_settings
# * your_github_username
# * your_repo

language: python

python:
  - 2.6
  - 2.7

services: postgresql

env:
  - DJANGO=1.4.1

before_install:
  - export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=your_project.settings
  - export PYTHONPATH=$HOME/builds/your_github_username/your_repo
  - export PIP_USE_MIRRORS=true

install:
  - pip install -r requirements.txt
  - pip install django==$DJANGO --quiet
  - pip install psycopg2 --quiet

before_script:
  - psql -c "CREATE DATABASE mydb;" -U postgres

script:
  - python manage.py syncdb --noinput

If you want a working example of this, check my pony-forum repo. The project name is subject to change eventually—obviously.

python manage.py syncdb is deprecated in the newer Django version

I had trouble building on travi-ci and this helped a lot. Thanks.

Did any of you have trouble with travis trying to import manage.py instead of running it from a shell command?

I am getting an ImportErrror: no module named py

I had to set:
export PYTHONPATH="/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages"

to get it to build.

Someone update this gist. All the tools in the setup here have been updated.