Python Attribute Error when running script: type object 'BaseCommand' has no attribute 'option_list'

Question

I saw this post on how to run a python script from django: http://www.djangotutsme.com/how-to-run-python-script-from-django/
I tried the example but get the following error when running python manage.py runscript myscript. I have Python 2.7, Django 1.10 and django extensions 1.6.1 installed.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 10, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.10.dev20151201151517-py2.7.egg/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 349, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.10.dev20151201151517-py2.7.egg/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 341, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.10.dev20151201151517-py2.7.egg/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 193, in fetch_command
    klass = load_command_class(app_name, subcommand)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Django-1.10.dev20151201151517-py2.7.egg/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 40, in load_command_class
    module = import_module('%s.management.commands.%s' % (app_name, name))
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/importlib/__init__.py", line 37, in import_module
    __import__(name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django_extensions-1.6.1-py2.7.egg/django_extensions/management/commands/runscript.py", line 6, in <module>
    from django_extensions.management.email_notifications import \
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django_extensions-1.6.1-py2.7.egg/django_extensions/management/email_notifications.py", line 10, in <module>
    class EmailNotificationCommand(BaseCommand):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django_extensions-1.6.1-py2.7.egg/django_extensions/management/email_notifications.py", line 49, in EmailNotificationCommand
    **option_list = BaseCommand.option_list + (
AttributeError: type object 'BaseCommand' has no attribute 'option_list'**

Any idea what the problem is? Is this a bug in django?

Answer 1

BaseCommand.option_list is deprecated in Django 1.8 and removed in Django 1.10. It looks like Django-extensions has been updated, but there hasn't been a new release since then.

You could try installing django-extensions from the master branch, but it would be a better idea to use the latest release of Django, currently 1.9.2. Django 1.10 has not been released yet, and is still under development.