How to execute external script in views.py in django application?

Question

Following is my django file structure

myproject
myapp
- migrations
- static
- templates
  - myapp
    - demo.html
- urls.py
- views.py
- models.py
- admin.py
- apps.py
- tests.py
Scripts
- demo_script.py
manage.py

What I want to know is how to execute the script Scripts/demo_script.py (which is outside the application "myapp") from views.py and if it is executed successfully, show "Success" on myapp/templates/myapp/demo.html or else show "Failed to execute" on the same html page.

Thanks in advance!

Aman Garg · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-23 13:25:23Z

2

simply use:

relative_path = "scripts/demo_script.py"
# or
absolute_path = os.path.join(settings.BASE_DIR, "scripts", "demo_script.py")

exec(open(relative_path or absolute_path).read())  # execute the py file

All the paths referenced in Django are relative to the BASE_DIR. BASE_DIR is where your manage.py lies.

answered Apr 23, 2019 at 13:25

Aman Garg

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