Question

I have an XML document and i need to import it into Django’s database (postgres). I guess first of all is this possible and if so how do i go about doing it?

I’m new to Python / Django and i remember importing a load of models into a db a while ago when running a command in the python shell and was wondering if there was something similiar?

I have a model setup for the content to go in. I just want to be able to import a XML document as there are thousands of items to be added.

Thanks

Answer 1

Django isn’t a database.

Basically, your options are:

1. If the XML is in the format that django uses for fixtures, write models that match that data, and load it as fixtures: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/initial-data/#providing-initial-data-with-fixtures
2. If you’re almost in a position to do 1, you could use XSLT or some other transformer to fix it up for that purpose.
3. Create your own custom program to extract data, and create models as a result. You’ll still need to create your models.
4. Use an XML database, and hook it up to django.