Script to setup a django project and create any app that have been passed in. Creates the templates,static/js,static/img, static/css in the root and each app. Also edits the settings.py file and adds a few default properties that I always use.

setup_django.py

import os
import sys
import subprocess

class FileHeadRule:

  def __init__(self):
		self.once = False

	def condition(self,line):
		if not self.once:
			self.once = True
			return True

	def action(self,line):
		str = "import os \n"
		str += 'PROJECT_PATH = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))\n'
		return str

class StaticDirsRule:

	def condition(self,line):
		return line.startswith('STATICFILES_DIRS = (')

	def action(self,line):
		
		str = '\tos.path.join(PROJECT_PATH,"static")\n'
		return str


class TemplateDirsRule:

	def condition(self,line):
		return line.startswith('TEMPLATE_DIRS = (')

	def action(self,line):
	
		str = '\tos.path.join(PROJECT_PATH,"templates")\n'
		return str

class SimpleParser:

	def __init__(self):
		self.rules = []

	def addRule(self,rule):
		self.rules.append(rule)

	def parse(self,infile,outfile):
		for line in infile.readlines():
			outfile.write(line)
			for rule in self.rules:
				if rule.condition(line):
					output = rule.action(line)
					outfile.write(output)
					continue


def create_django_project(projectName):
	try:
		subprocess.call(['django-admin.py','startproject', projectName],shell=True)
		print("Created django project : ", projectName)
	except:
		print("Error occured trying to create project ", projectName)
	else:
		root_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), projectName)
		config_path = os.path.join(root_path,projectName)
		return (root_path,config_path)


def create_django_apps(root_path,*apps):
	manage = os.path.join(root_path,'manage.py')
	os.chdir(root_path)
	for app in apps:
		try:
			subprocess.call([manage, 'startapp', app], shell=True)
			print("Created django app : ", app)
		except:
			print("Error creating app " , app)

def write_settings(path):
	os.chdir(path)

	try:
		settingsFile = open('settings.py', 'r')
		tempFile = open('temp_settings.py', 'w')
		parser = SimpleParser()
		parser.addRule(FileHeadRule())
		parser.addRule(StaticDirsRule())
		parser.addRule(TemplateDirsRule())
		parser.parse(settingsFile,tempFile)
		print("Edited settings file.")
	except:
		print("Some error occured trying to read settings.py")
	else:
		settingsFile.close()
		tempFile.close()
		os.remove('settings.py')
		os.rename('temp_settings.py', 'settings.py')


def create_dir_tree(path):
	print('Created directories from : ', path)
	os.chdir(path)
	os.makedirs('templates')
	os.makedirs('static/js')
	os.makedirs('static/img')
	os.makedirs('static/css')

def create_directories(root_path,root_config,*apps):
	create_dir_tree(root_config)

	for app in apps:
		create_dir_tree(os.path.join(root_path,app))



if __name__=='__main__':
	if len(sys.argv) == 1:
		print('Usage: setup_django.py projectname [appname1,appname2,...]')
	else:
		args = sys.argv[1:]
		projectName = args[0]
		if len(args) > 1:
			appNames = args[1:]
		else:
			appNames = []
		root_path, root_config = create_django_project(projectName)
		if appNames:
			create_django_apps(root_path,*appNames)

		write_settings(root_config)
		create_directories(root_path, root_config,*appNames)
		print("Finished")