Core Management Commands

django-cfg create-project PROJECT_NAME [OPTIONS]

# Basic project creation
django-cfg create-project my_awesome_app
 
# Create in specific directory
django-cfg create-project my_saas --path /projects
 
# Force overwrite existing directory
django-cfg create-project my_app --force

my_awesome_app/
├── docker/                    # Docker deployment
│   ├── docker-compose-local.yaml
│   ├── docker-compose-production.yaml
│   └── services/
└── projects/
    ├── django/               # Django backend
    │   ├── api/
    │   ├── apps/
    │   ├── core/
    │   ├── manage.py
    │   └── pyproject.toml
    ├── frontend/             # Next.js frontend
    │   ├── apps/
    │   └── packages/
    └── electron/             # Desktop app (optional)

django-cfg info [OPTIONS]

# Basic information
django-cfg info
 
# Detailed information with paths
django-cfg info --verbose

python manage.py show_config [OPTIONS]

# Show all configuration
python manage.py show_config
 
# JSON format for automation
python manage.py show_config --format json
 
# Show only database configuration
python manage.py show_config --section database
 
# Include sensitive values (be careful!)
python manage.py show_config --include-secrets

python manage.py check_settings [OPTIONS]

# Check all settings
python manage.py check_settings
 
# Test email configuration
python manage.py check_settings --email-test
 
# Verbose output with detailed diagnostics
python manage.py check_settings --verbose

python manage.py check_endpoints [OPTIONS]

# Check all endpoints (with auto-auth for protected endpoints)
python manage.py check_endpoints
 
# Include unnamed URL patterns
python manage.py check_endpoints --include-unnamed
 
# Custom timeout (10 seconds)
python manage.py check_endpoints --timeout 10
 
# Disable auto-auth (show 401/403 as-is)
python manage.py check_endpoints --no-auth
 
# JSON output for automation/CI
python manage.py check_endpoints --json
 
# Check specific endpoint by name
python manage.py check_endpoints --url endpoints_status

❌ Overall Status: UNHEALTHY
 
📊 Summary:
  Total endpoints: 399
  ✅ Healthy: 0
  ⚠️  Warnings: 0
  ❌ Unhealthy: 69
  ❌ Errors: 90
  ⏭️  Skipped: 240
 
🔗 Endpoints:
  ✅ endpoints_status
     URL: /cfg/api/endpoints/
     Status: healthy
     Response time: 0.123s
 
  ✅ api_users_list
     URL: /api/users/
     Status: healthy
     Response time: 0.245s
     🔐 Required JWT authentication
 
  ❌ api_payments_list
     URL: /api/payments/
     Status: unhealthy
     Error: Database connection failed

{
  "status": "unhealthy",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-05T18:00:20.111738+00:00",
  "total_endpoints": 399,
  "healthy": 0,
  "unhealthy": 69,
  "warnings": 0,
  "errors": 90,
  "skipped": 240,
  "endpoints": [
    {
      "url": "/cfg/api/endpoints/",
      "url_name": "endpoints_status",
      "namespace": "",
      "group": "cfg/api/endpoints",
      "view": "EndpointsStatusView",
      "status": "healthy",
      "status_code": 200,
      "response_time_ms": 0.23,
      "is_healthy": true,
      "last_checked": "2025-10-05T18:00:20.111738+00:00",
      "required_auth": false
    },
    {
      "url": "/api/users/",
      "url_name": "api_users_list",
      "namespace": "",
      "group": "api/users",
      "view": "UserViewSet",
      "status": "healthy",
      "status_code": 200,
      "response_time_ms": 0.45,
      "is_healthy": true,
      "last_checked": "2025-10-05T18:00:20.211738+00:00",
      "required_auth": true
    }
  ]
}

# Quick check during development
python manage.py check_endpoints

# Automated testing in GitHub Actions
python manage.py check_endpoints --json > endpoints-report.json

# Health check with custom timeout
python manage.py check_endpoints --timeout 10

# Check specific problematic endpoint
python manage.py check_endpoints --url api_users_list

python manage.py migrate_all [OPTIONS]

# Migrate all databases
python manage.py migrate_all
 
# Dry run to see what would happen
python manage.py migrate_all --dry-run
 
# Skip makemigrations
python manage.py migrate_all --skip-makemigrations

python manage.py migrator [OPTIONS]

# Interactive mode (default) - shows menu
python manage.py migrator
 
# Auto-migrate all databases (no prompts)
python manage.py migrator --auto
 
# Migrate specific database
python manage.py migrator --database blog_db
 
# Migrate specific app across all databases
python manage.py migrator --app blog
 
# Migrate specific app on specific database
python manage.py migrator --database blog_db --app blog

🗄️  Django Database Migrator
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📋 Current Configuration:
   Databases: default, blog_db, shop_db
   Apps: accounts, blog, shop, profiles

What would you like to do?
> Migrate all databases (recommended)
  Migrate specific database
  Show database status
  View configuration info
  Exit

$ python manage.py migrator --auto
 
🚀 Running automatic migration...
 
📦 Creating migrations for all apps...
✅ Migrations created successfully
 
🔄 Migrating database: default
  📦 Migrating all apps...
  ✅ Migrations completed for default
 
🔄 Migrating database: blog_db
  📦 Migrating app: blog
  ✅ Migrations completed for blog_db
 
🔄 Migrating database: shop_db
  📦 Migrating app: shop
  ✅ Migrations completed for shop_db
 
✅ Constance migrated successfully

DATABASE_ROUTING_RULES = {
    'blog': 'blog_db',
    'shop': 'shop_db',
}

# Quick migration during development
python manage.py migrator --auto

# Test blog database migrations only
python manage.py migrator --database blog_db

# Interactive mode to explore database status
python manage.py migrator
# Select "Show database status" from menu

# Production deployment - use migrate_all
python manage.py migrate_all

poetry run cli runserver [OPTIONS]

# Basic server
poetry run cli runserver
 
# Custom port and host
poetry run cli runserver --port 3000 --host 0.0.0.0
 
# Production-like settings
poetry run cli runserver --no-reload --port 8080

poetry run cli superuser [OPTIONS]

# Interactive superuser creation
poetry run cli superuser
 
# Pre-fill email
poetry run cli superuser --email [email protected]
 
# Non-interactive (password will be prompted)
poetry run cli superuser --email [email protected] --no-input

python manage.py create_token USERNAME [OPTIONS]

# Create token for user
python manage.py create_token admin
 
# Create token with specific name
python manage.py create_token admin --name "API Access Token"
 
# Create token with expiration (30 days)
python manage.py create_token admin --expires-in 30

poetry run cli show-urls [OPTIONS]

# Show all URLs in table format
poetry run cli show-urls
 
# JSON format for automation
poetry run cli show-urls --format json
 
# Filter API URLs only
poetry run cli show-urls --pattern "api/"
 
# Include admin URLs
poetry run cli show-urls --include-admin

python manage.py list_urls [OPTIONS]

# List all URLs
python manage.py list_urls
 
# Filter by pattern
python manage.py list_urls --pattern api
 
# Show URL names only
python manage.py list_urls --names-only
 
# Export to file
python manage.py list_urls --output urls.txt

python manage.py clear_constance [OPTIONS]

# Clear all constance cache
python manage.py clear_constance
 
# Clear specific keys
python manage.py clear_constance --keys KEY1,KEY2
 
# Dry run to see what would be cleared
python manage.py clear_constance --dry-run

# Pre-deployment checklist
python manage.py check_settings --verbose && \
python manage.py check_settings --verbose && \
python manage.py migrate_all --dry-run