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How to customize the ``shell`` command
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The Django :djadmin:`shell` is an interactive Python environment that provides
access to models and settings, making it useful for testing code, experimenting
with queries, and interacting with application data.
Customizing the :djadmin:`shell` command allows adding extra functionality or
pre-loading specific modules. To do this, create a new management command that
subclasses ``django.core.management.commands.shell.Command`` and overrides the
existing ``shell`` management command. For more details, refer to the guide on
:ref:`overriding commands <overriding-commands>`.
.. _customizing-shell-auto-imports:
Customize automatic imports
===========================
.. versionadded:: 5.2
To customize the automatic import behavior of the :djadmin:`shell` management
command, override the ``get_auto_imports()`` method. This method should return
a sequence of import paths for objects or modules available in the application.
For example:
.. code-block:: python
:caption: ``polls/management/commands/shell.py``
from django.core.management.commands import shell
class Command(shell.Command):
def get_auto_imports(self):
return super().get_auto_imports() + [
"django.urls.reverse",
"django.urls.resolve",
]
The customization above adds :func:`~django.urls.resolve` and
:func:`~django.urls.reverse` to the default namespace, which already includes
all models from the apps listed in :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS`. These objects
will be available in the ``shell`` without requiring a manual import.
Running this customized ``shell`` command with ``verbosity=2`` would show:
.. console::
8 objects imported automatically:
from django.contrib.admin.models import LogEntry
from django.contrib.auth.models import Group, Permission, User
from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
from django.contrib.sessions.models import Session
from django.urls import resolve, reverse
If an overridden ``shell`` command includes paths that cannot be imported,
these errors are shown when ``verbosity`` is set to ``1`` or higher.
Note that automatic imports can be disabled for a specific ``shell`` session
using the :option:`--no-imports <shell --no-imports>` flag. To permanently
disable automatic imports, override ``get_auto_imports()`` to return ``None``::
class Command(shell.Command):
def get_auto_imports(self):
return None