Issue while dumping a single object

[mazucci]

I was trying to get a sample fixture for an object and got the following:

python manage.py dump_object "collector.TwitterData" 492784

/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/fixture_magic/management/commands/dump_object.py:9: RemovedInDjango19Warning: The utilities in django.db.models.loading are deprecated in favor of the new application loading system.
from django.db.models import loading

CommandError: object_class must be provided in the following format: app_name.model_name
Try calling dump_object with --help argument or use the following arguments:
<[--kitchensink | -k] [--natural] [--query] object_class id [id ...]>

I'm using django 1.8 for this project

[davedash]

Hi @mazucci ,

I haven't used Django in forever... but let me see if I can debug with you.

I think the app_name.model_name needs to be something like collector.twitter_data.

You can get this by doing something like

TwitterData._meta.label_lower

More info here: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/models/options/#label-lower

If this works, let me know and we can close this ticket. I should put this in the docs.

If that doesn't work we can try something else.

-d

[mazucci]

Hello,

I tried what you mentioned but the error persists. As I mentioned I am using Django 1.8 in that project and the _meta.label_lower was introduced on 1.9.

I tried on a different project that's using Django 1.9 and got a different one:

mazucci@mazucci:~/migrate$ python manage.py dump_object players.player 5
Unknown command: 'dump_object'
Type 'manage.py help' for usage.

Did include the app in settings in this way:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    'django.contrib.admin',
    'django.contrib.auth',
    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
    'fixture_magic',
    'questionnaire',
    'players',
]

However, I figured I could do my own specific dump for that model. Thanks for contributing!

[rafael-h-ferreira]

Hi all,

I had the same problem and every thing changed by commenting the line

args = "<[--kitchensink | -k] [--natural] [--query] object_class id [id ...]>"

on the management/commands/dump_object.py file.