Using and creating database dumps¶
We use dumpscript from the django-extentions Django app to create our test data. We already have data, so unless you want to add more data, you do not need to know anything more than how to run a Django management task or an invoke task.
Importing the test data¶
The easiest method of importing the test database is to use the recreate_devdb
Invoke task:
$ inv recreate-devdb
Warning
This will destroy your current database.
A slighly more low level method is to use the management command:
$ python manage.py runscript trix.project.develop.dumps.dev.data
This does exactly the same as the management command, but it does not destroy and re-initialize the database for you first.
Users in the test database¶
After importing the test data, you will have some new users. Login to the Django admin UI (http://localhost:8000/admin/) with:
user: super@example.com
password: test
and select Users to list all users. The password of all other users are test
.
Add new data¶
To add new data, you just need to do add data to the database manually, or programmatically.
Adding data manually (I.E.: Using the Django admin UI)¶
To add data manually, you should first run the recreate-devdb
management
command to make sure you start out with the current up-to-date dataset. Then you
can use the web-UI or the Django shell to add data. Finally, run:
$ inv dump-to-db
which is short for:
$ python manage.py dumpscript trix_core > trix/project/develop/dumps/dev/data.py
Adding data programmatically¶
Adding data programmatically must be done in
trix/project/develop/dumps/dev/import_helper.py
. See the comment at
the top of trix/project/develop/dumps/dev/data.py
for information
about how import_helper
works.