Django 1.10 - how to load initial users

Question

What is the right way to load initial users in Django 1.10?

When we talk about our own django app then it is recommended to have a /fixtures/initial_data.json (as mentioned here).

But in the case of User, where django.contrib.auth is not our app, where should we put the fixtures directory and how do we load it?

Thank you,

Rami

I didn't quite understand what you want. Do you want to insert data to your dB? — Cagatay Barin, Sep 25 '16 at 10:10
Yes. Only once, probably as part of a $ python manage.py migrate — user3139774, Sep 25 '16 at 10:42

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 25 '16 at 10:19

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You can create fixture from default user model by below command:

python manage.py dumpdata auth.user -o FIXTURE_ADDRESS

and load initial data by below command:

python manage.py loaddata FIXTURENAME

that FIXTURENAME is name of your fixture in one of FIXTURE_DIRS. The FIXTURE_DIRS by default is fixtures.

answered Sep 25 '16 at 10:19

Thanks, this is an excellent pointer. Is there a way to load the data as part as a migration, so to make sure it happens, and only once? – user3139774 Sep 25 '16 at 10:56
take a look at this link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25960850/loading-initial-data-with-django-1-7-and-data-migrations – Mohammad Esmaeilbeygi Oct 01 '16 at 05:52

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