Question

When i start django shell by typing python manage.py shell
the ipython shell is started. Is it possible to make Django start ipython in qtconsole mode? (i.e. make it run ipython qtconsole)

Arek

edit:
so I’m trying what Andrew Wilkinson suggested in his answer – extending my django app with a command which is based on original django shell command. As far as I understand code which starts ipython in original version is this:

from django.core.management.base import NoArgsCommand

class Command(NoArgsCommand):
    requires_model_validation = False

    def handle_noargs(self, **options):
        from IPython.frontend.terminal.embed import TerminalInteractiveShell
        shell = TerminalInteractiveShell()
        shell.mainloop()

any advice how to change this code to start ipython in qtconsole mode?

second edit:
what i found and works so far is – start ‘ipython qtconsole’ from the location where settings.py of my project is (or set the sys.path if starting from different location), and then execute this:

import settings
import django.core.management
django.core.management.setup_environ(settings)

and now can i import my models, list all instances etc.

Answer 1

I created a shell script with the following:

/path/to/ipython
qtconsole --pylab inline -c "run /path/to/my/site/shell.py"

You only need the --pylab inline part if you want the cool inline matplotlib graphs.

And I created a python script shell.py in /path/to/my/site with:

import os
working_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
os.chdir(working_dir)
import settings
import django.core.management
django.core.management.setup_environ(settings)

Running my shell script gets me an ipython qtconsole with the benefits of the django shell.