Month: May 2021

django-admin startproject projectname #start new project
python manage.py startapp appname #start a new app
python manage.py makemigrations #prep db
python manage.py migrate #create db
python manage.py createsuperuser #create admin user
python manage.py changepassword username #change passwd
python manage.py collectstatic #collect static files

First install this

pip install -U python-dotenv

create a .env file, anywhere should be fine but testing save it in the root of your django project.

touch .env
emacs .env
username=youremail@gmail.com
password=yourGmailGeneratedAppPassword

In your Django Settings.py

import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv

load_dotenv()

At the bottom of settings.py

username = os.environ.get('username')
password = os.environ.get('password')

EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_HOST_USER = username
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = password
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
#EMAIL_USE_SSL = True