Add ptpython support to Django's shell command

shell.py

from django.core.management.commands.shell import Command as ShellCommand


class Command(ShellCommand):
    shells = ['ptpython', 'ipython', 'bpython']

    def ptpython(self):
        from prompt_toolkit.contrib.repl import embed
        embed(globals(), locals(), vi_mode=False, history_filename=None)

Simply add this to one of your project's apps.

Alternatively, you can do this:

1. django_admin$ pip install django-extensions

2. Append django_extensions (note the underscore this time) to the INSTALLED_APPS variable in settings.py (or whatever python file you use for Django settings).

3. Finally: django_admin$ python ./manage.py shell_plus [--settings settings.py]