I received this helpful hint from Shawn M. when faced with the same issue: import os
os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'mysite.settings' #whereever your settings.py is located. >From the docs: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/settings/ -----Original Message----- From: django-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:django-users@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Aviv Giladi Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 2:41 PM To: Django users Subject: Re: Please Help a django Beginner! Thank you for the response. Is there any documentation / books out there that you would recommend reading to get acquainted with django in that perspective? On Apr 15, 10:58 am, Jirka Vejrazka <jirka.vejra...@gmail.com> wrote: > I use Djano ORM for a lot of my backend processing where no web is > involved. Just make sure that DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is defined in > your environment and you can use pretty much any part of Django in > your own code/scrits/whatever. > > HTH > > Jirka > > On 15/04/2011, Aviv Giladi <avivgil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hey guys, > > > I am an experienced Python developer starting to work on web service > > backend system. The system feeds data (constantly) from the web to a > > MySQL database. This data is later displayed by a frontend side (there > > is no connection between the frontend and the backend). The backend > > system constantly downloads flight information from the web (some of > > the data is fetched via APIs, and some by downloading and parsing > > text / xls files). I already have a script that downloads the data, > > parses it, and inserts it to the MySQL db - all in a big loop. The > > frontend side is just a bunch of php pages that properly display the > > data by querying the MySQL server. > > > It is crucial that this web service be robust, strong and reliable. > > Therefore, I have been looking into the proper ways to design it, and > > got the following recommendation: > > django as the framework (over Apache). > > wrapping my sources with Piston for API usage. > > All if this sounds great. I used django before to write websites (aka > > request handlers that return data). However I don't see how django can > > fulfill a role of a constant running (non request-serving) system - > > being that it uses views/forms, which are not a part of my backend > > system. Is want I want at all possible / advisable with django? Is > > django what you would recommend for this? > > If so, could you please refer me to some documentation / help files > > more specific to my needs? > > > Thank you so much, > > Aviv > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
