Reputation: 15100
On Django startup I need to run some code that requires access to the database. I prefer to do this via models.
Here's what I currently have in apps.py
:
from django.apps import AppConfig
from .models import KnowledgeBase
class Pqawv1Config(AppConfig):
name = 'pqawV1'
def ready(self):
to_load = KnowledgeBase.objects.order_by('-timestamp').first()
# Here should go the file loading code
However, this gives the following exception:
django.core.exceptions.AppRegistryNotReady: Apps aren't loaded yet.
So is there a place in Django to run some startup code after the models are initialized?
Upvotes: 14
Views: 6441
Reputation: 477607
The problem is that you import .models
at the top of your file. This means that, when the file app.py
file is loaded, Python will load the models.py
file when it evalutes that line. But that is too early. You should let Django do the loading properly.
You can move the import in the def ready(self)
method, such that the models.py
file is imported when ready()
is called by the Django framework, like:
from django.apps import AppConfig
class Pqawv1Config(AppConfig):
name = 'pqawV1'
def ready(self):
from .models import KnowledgeBase
to_load = KnowledgeBase.objects.order_by('-timestamp').first()
# Here should go the file loading code
Upvotes: 18