Re: Scripts to update Django tables

On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Brian <bkenny@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm new to Django (and frameworks in general) and having an issue with a
> project I'm working on. Basically, I want to scrape data from a sports
> league website on a regular schedule and add updated stats into my database.
> All of the Django tutorials for models I've looked at seem to give me
> information on how to add table data manually using the manage.py shell,
> fixtures, or fields on an admin page, but I cannot find anything about doing
> this more automatically through a script. Is there something I'm missing,
> or am I trying to use Django models for something they aren't meant to be
> used for?

Django can certainly be used outside of the request cycle. You can
write management commands:

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/howto/custom-management-commands/

or you can just use Django as you would any other python library, as
long as you configure it first:

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/topics/settings/#using-settings-without-setting-django-settings-module

Cheers

Tom

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