#25278: call_command should allow the first param to be a module
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Reporter: mlissner | Owner: nobody
Type: New feature | Status: new
Component: Core (Management commands) | Version: master
Severity: Normal | Keywords:
Triage Stage: Unreviewed | Has patch: 0
Easy pickings: 1 | UI/UX: 0
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The current API for the call_command function is:
call_command(name, *args, **options)
Where `name` is a string, args is a list, and options is a dict. So in my
tests.py, I have a line of code like:
call_command('my_custom_command')
This works pretty well, but it limits my ability to rename the command. If
instead I were able to write:
from my_app.management.commands import my_custom_command
call_command(my_custom_command)
That would mean that my IDE could automatically update this code if I ever
renamed the file. (Most IDEs I'm familiar with can do refactoring of
module and file names, but fall down if those names are in strings or
comments.)
In call_command, a simple test could be made to convert the module to a
string if needed, and then run as it does presently. To me, this makes
sense as the recommended API for call_command.
If others agree, I think we should treat this in the documentation the
same way as we do the initialization of ForeignKey, where you can either
write:
my_key = models.ForeignKey('Book')
or
from my_app.models import Book
my_key = models.ForeignKey(Book)
With the emphasis being on the latter.
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/25278>
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