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  1. # This snippet is useful when you want to use a django project which runs in a Python virtual environment.
  2.  
  3. """
  4. This code should be executed before the imports you need from your django project
  5. For example, you can place it at the end of your settings.py
  6. """
  7.  
  8. import sys, os
  9.  
  10. # Add the directory containing your django project 'myproj' to the path 
  11. sys.path.insert(0, '/django-projs/')
  12.  
  13. # Set the django settings environment variable
  14. os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'myproj.settings'
  15.  
  16. # Activate the virtual environment used in the django project
  17. execfile('/path/to/virtual/env/bin/activate_this.py',
  18.     {'__file__': '/path/to/virtual/env/bin/activate_this.py'})
  19.  
  20. # Now you can import any model, for example
  21. from myproj.myapp.models import MyModel
  22.  
  23. # Snippet imported from snippets.scrapy.org (which no longer works)
  24. # author: anibal
  25. # date  : Aug 16, 2010
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