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Asked: 2026-05-14T16:53:39+00:00

I’d like to have these lines of code executed on server startup (both development

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I’d like to have these lines of code executed on server startup (both development and production):

from django.core import management
management.call_command('syncdb', interactive=False)

Putting it in settings.py doesn’t work, as it requires the settings to be loaded already.

Putting them in a view and accessing that view externally doesn’t work either, as there are some middlewares that use the database and those will fail and not let me access the view.

Putting them in a middleware would work, but that would get called each time my app is accessed. An possible solution might be to create a middleware that does all the job and then removes itself from MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES so it’s not called anymore. Can I do that without too much monkey-patching?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Write middleware that does this in __init__ and afterwards raise django.core.exceptions.MiddlewareNotUsed from the __init__, django will remove it for all requests :). __init__ is called at startup by the way, not at the first request, so it won’t block your first user.

    There is talk about adding a startup signal, but that won’t be available soon (a major problem for example is when this signal should be sent)

    Related Ticket: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/13024

    Update: Django 1.7 includes support for this. (Documentation, as linked by the ticket)

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