Have you looked at fixtures? manage.py dumpdata will create a json file from a database. I use it to populate the test database from production data reference tables. dumpdata let's you --exclude=... the other tables.
I know that's not exactly what you asked for but maybe you can import data written to files into a database for conversion into fixtures? Mike Connected by Motorola Anton Melser <melser.an...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hi, > > >I can't work out whether it is expected or whether I am missing something. I >would like to keep the DB data that I generate during a test run to >inspect/persist it. --keepdb means I have empty tables at the end, strangely >even if I ctrl-C a test run. It would also be logical for test data to get >cleaned... Is there an option I can add to keep it? > > >I have a lot of calls to external services that should be mocked. The json >returned from these calls is put in the DB as-is, so if I can just set up an >initial run of the tests and then get the data from the DB that would be >optimal. I could add file writes about the place to persist, but I want to >evolve the test data over time and will need to do this often, so being able >to do that from the DB would be very handy. > > >Any pointers? > > >Thanks, > >Anton > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"Django users" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >To view this discussion on the web visit >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/f9d2dfe3-c832-45bd-a6d3-7f3415f1293d%40googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/bbkgdkufdyjjmdrv1cjsyo4j.1550034368654%40email.android.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
