Django Management Command Argument

Question

I need to pass in an integer argument to a base command in Django. For instance, if my code is:

from django.core.management import BaseCommand  class Command(BaseCommand):     def handle(self, *args, **options, number_argument):         square = number_argument ** 2         print(square) 

I want to run:

python manage.py square_command 4 

so, it will return 16.

Is there a way I can pass an argument through the terminal to the command I want to run?

Answer 1

Add this method to your Command class:

def add_arguments(self, parser):     parser.add_argument('my_int_argument', type=int) 

You can then use your option in the code, like this:

def handle(self, *args, **options):     my_int_argument = options['my_int_argument'] 

The benefit of doing it this way is that the help output is automatically generated for manage.py my_command --help