Django in virtualenv on heroku. Initiates a python virtualenv, installs django and creates a heroku instance where it runs. Run this script from terminal with: sh django-on-heroku.sh

django-on-heroku.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Requires python, pip, virtualenv
# 	which can be installed with brew install python
#   (See brew.sh for brew installation)

bold=$(tput bold)
normal=$(tput sgr0)

function trueFalseInput {
    while true; do
        printf "$2 (${bold}y${normal}/n): "
        read INPUT

        if [ "$INPUT" = "n" ] ; then
            printf -v $1 false
            break
        else
            if [ "$INPUT" = "y" ] || [ "$INPUT" = "" ] ; then
                printf -v $1 true
                break
            else 
                echo "Invalid input."
            fi
        fi
    done
}

function nonEmptyTextInput {
    while true; do
        printf "$2 (e.g. $3): "
        read INPUT

        if [ "$INPUT" = "" ] ; then
            echo "Invalid input"
        else
            printf -v $1 true
            break
        fi
    done
}

function textInput {
    while true; do
        printf "$2 (e.g. $3): "
        read INPUT

        if [ "$INPUT" = "" ] ; then
            echo "Invalid input"
        else
            printf -v $1 true
            break
        fi
    done
}

trueFalseInput "USE_GIT" "Are you using git"
if [ "$USE_GIT" = true ] ; then
    nonEmptyTextInput "GIT_REPO" "git url" "git@github.com:gituser/reponame.git"
    trueFalseInput "DEV_BRANCH" "Would you like me to make a dev-branch?"
fi
nonEmptyTextInput "DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME" "Django project name" "myproject"
trueFalseInput "USE_HEROKU" "Are you using heroku"
if [ "$USE_HEROKU" = true ] ; then
    trueFalseInput "NEW_HEROKU" "Should I create a new heroku app for you?"
    textInput "HEROKU_DOMAINS" "(optional) Domains to be forwarded to heroku" "example.com sub.example.com"
fi


# Ensure we have the necessary requirements
type git >/dev/null 2>&1 || [ "$USE_GIT" = false ] || { echo >&2 "I require git but it's not installed.  Please install with 'brew install git' or see https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git"; exit 1; }
type python >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "I require python but it's not installed.  Please install with 'brew install python' or see https://www.python.org/downloads/"; exit 1; }
type pip >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "I require pip but it's not installed. Please install with 'curl --silent --show-error --retry 5 https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | sudo python'"; exit 1; }
type virtualenv >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "I require virtualenv but it's not installed.  Please install with 'pip install virtualenv'"; exit 1; } 
type heroku >/dev/null 2>&1 || [ "$USE_HEROKU" = false ] || { echo >&2 "I require heroku but it's not installed.  Please install with 'brew install heroku' or see toolbelt.heroku.com."; exit 1; }
type pg_config >/dev/null 2>&1 || [ "$USE_HEROKU" = false ] || { echo >&2 "I require postgres but it's not installed.  Please install with 'brew install postgres' or see www.postgresql.org/download/"; exit 1; }
exit 1;
mkdir $DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME
cd $DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME

if [ "$USE_GIT" = true ] ; then
	git init
	echo "Adding remote repository $GIT_REPO" 
	git remote add origin $GIT_REPO
fi

virtualenv env # create virtualenv
source env/bin/activate  # activate virtualenv
if [ "$USE_HEROKU" = true ] ; then
	pip install django-toolbelt
else
	pip install Django
	pip install dj-database-url==0.3.0
	pip install dj-static==0.0.6
fi
django-admin startproject $DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME .

# Add django config
echo "Creating django settings"

cat <<EOF >> $DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME/settings.py 
# AUTO-GENERATED CONFIG
# Parse database configuration from $DATABASE_URL
import dj_database_url
DATABASES['default'] =  dj_database_url.config()

# Honor the 'X-Forwarded-Proto' header for request.is_secure()
SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO', 'https')

# Allow all host headers
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']

# Static asset configuration
import os
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
STATIC_ROOT = 'staticfiles'
STATIC_URL = '/static/'

DEBUG = False

STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
)

LOGGING = {
    'version': 1,
    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
    'formatters': {
        'verbose': {
            'format': ('%(asctime)s [%(process)d] [%(levelname)s] ' +
                       'pathname=%(pathname)s lineno=%(lineno)s ' +
                       'funcname=%(funcName)s %(message)s'),
            'datefmt': '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
        },
        'simple': {
            'format': '%(levelname)s %(message)s'
        }
    },
    'handlers': {
        'null': {
            'level': 'DEBUG',
            'class': 'logging.NullHandler',
        },
        'console': {
            'level': 'DEBUG',
            'class': 'logging.StreamHandler',
            'formatter': 'verbose'
        }
    },
    'loggers': {
        'testlogger': {
            'handlers': ['console'],
            'level': 'INFO',
        }
    }
}
EOF

mkdir $DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME/settings
mv $DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME/settings.py $DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME/settings/base.py

cat <<EOF >> $DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME/settings/example_local.py 
"""
    Local settings. Copy this file to local.py to enable local settings.
"""

import os
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))

DEBUG = True

ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']

# Database
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/settings/#databases

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
    }
}
EOF

cp $DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME/settings/example_local.py $DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME/settings/local.py 

cat <<EOF >> $DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME/settings/__init__.py 
from $DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME.settings.base import *
import os

dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
filename = os.path.join(dir, 'local.py')

if os.path.exists(filename):
    from $DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME.settings.local import *
else:
    print("Not using localsettings, $DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME.settings.local could not be found. Continuing with default settings")
EOF

cp $DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME/settings/local_example.py $DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME/settings/local.py

if [ "$USE_HEROKU" = true ] ; then
	# Create procfile for gunicorn (heroku)
	echo "Creating Procfile"
cat > Procfile << EOF
web: gunicorn $DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME.wsgi --log-file -
EOF

	# Set up application for heroku
	echo "Creating wsgi file"
cat > $DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME/wsgi.py << EOF
import os
from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
from dj_static import Cling

os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "$DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME.settings")

application = Cling(get_wsgi_application())
EOF
fi

pip freeze > requirements.txt  # Export pip requirements to file

if [ "$USE_GIT" = true ] ; then
# Ignore certain files from being added to git
cat > .gitignore << EOF
env
*.py[cod]
.DS_Store
staticfiles
.idea
local.py
EOF

	git init
	echo "Adding remote repository $GIT_REPO" 
	git remote add origin $GIT_REPO
	git add .
	git commit -m "Autogenerated app $DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME"
    git 
    if [ "$DEV_BRANCH" = true ] ; then
        git checkout -b dev
    fi
fi

if [ "$USE_HEROKU" = true ] ; then
    if [ "$NEW_HEROKU" = true ] ; then
        echo "Spinning up a new heroku" 
        heroku create
        git push heroku master
        heroku ps:scale web=1
        if ! [ "$HEROKU_DOMAINS" = "" ] ; then
            heroku domains:add $HEROKU_DOMAINS
        fi
    else
        echo "-----------------------------------------------"
        echo "  This app can now be published to heroku with:"
        echo "  > cd $DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME"
        echo "  > heroku create"
        echo "  > git push heroku master"
        echo "  > heroku ps:scale web=1	"
        echo "-----------------------------------------------"
    fi
fi

if [ "$USE_GIT" = true ] ; then
    echo "-----------------------------------------------"
    echo "  Create your empty repository if you haven't, "
    echo "  e.g. at https://github.com/new"
    echo "  and push with"
    echo "  > cd $DJANGO_PROJECT_NAME"
    echo "  > git push -u"
    echo "-----------------------------------------------"

    if [ "$USE_HEROKU" = true ]; then
        echo "-----------------------------------------------"
        echo "  Automatic deploy from github to heroku can be" 
        echo "  configured from https://dashboard.heroku.com/" 
        echo "      > app > deploy > github"
        echo "-----------------------------------------------"
    fi
fi

See instead the herango-bash-repo for a more stable and complete version