Django: Cannot create User inside ipython shell

Question

I am trying to import Django User model in ipython inside virtual environment. I have tried the following code

from django.contrib.auth.models import User

It resulted in the following error

AppRegistryNotReady: Apps aren't loaded yet.

Then from this answer, I have setup inside the shell and tried the following code.

from django.conf import settings
User = settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL
User.objects.create_user('john', '[email protected]', 'johnpassword')

This resulted in AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'objects' . How can I create a user inside ipython shell? I am using Django 1.10.6, ipython 6.0.0 and djangorestframework 3.6.2

Try only this: User.objects.create_user('john', '[email protected]', 'johnpassword') -> this works for me. I would suggest you to user "shell_plus" — FrankTheTank_12345, May 30 '17 at 09:41
Well, AUTH_USER_MODEL is a string. Why are you doing this? If you start your shell via `manage.py shell` you can import User as normal. — Daniel Roseman, May 30 '17 at 09:42

zaidfazil · Answer 1 · 2017-05-30T10:12:28.740

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settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL is a string, inside shell you can import User as model from django.

For this, run python manage.py shell

Or you could manually import django and set the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE.

For that, inside ipython run these,

import django, os
os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'testproject.settings'
django.setup()

Then you can do,

from django.contrib.auth.models import User

then you can create users inside shell like this,

User.objects.create_user('john', '[email protected]', 'johnpassword')

edited May 30 '17 at 10:12

answered May 30 '17 at 09:44

zaidfazil

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I cannot import User model, It shows the error: AppRegistryNotReady: Apps aren't loaded yet. – Arun May 30 '17 at 09:50
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yes, I did. I can import user model inside shell. The problem happens when I run this inside ipython. – Arun May 30 '17 at 09:53
what's your django version? – zaidfazil May 30 '17 at 09:56
It's Django 1.10 – Arun May 30 '17 at 09:58

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 30 '17 at 10:09

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I have solved the problem by starting the ipython shell using the command

python manage.py shell -i ipython

answered May 30 '17 at 10:09

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Django: Cannot create User inside ipython shell

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