How to use a python list to input data in a Django db? -

say have django model field.

class category(models.model):     cat_name = models.charfield(max_length = 200) 

and have python script list.py.

def getlist():    name_list = ['a','b','c']    return name_list 

how can call getlist create 3 entries: a,b,c 3 separate category entries in django? put them in same dir , import getlist 1 of files in sites dir , run it? or run in terminal?

thanks.

you can either. if you're looking re-usable, should consider creating "initial_data.json" fixture load each time run syncdb. if you're looking run once or ad-hoc, can this, assuming lives in same directory:

from .list import get_list   class category(models.model):     cat_name = models.charfield(max_length=200)      def __unicode__(self):         return self.cat_name      @classmethod     def create_from_list(cls):         values_list = get_list()         value in values_list:             cls.objects.create(cat_name=value) 

then in view, or wherever, can execute classmethod:

# views.py  .models import category   def my_view(request):     category.create_from_list()     ... 

see: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/howto/initial-data/ more information fixtures.