linux django start up script

create_django.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Check if pyenv is installed, else exit with an error message
if ! command -v pyenv &> /dev/null; then
    echo "Error: pyenv is not installed. Please install pyenv and try again."
    exit 1
fi

# Check if pipenv is installed, else exit with an error message
if ! command -v pipenv &> /dev/null; then
    echo "Error: pipenv is not installed. Please install pipenv and try again."
    exit 1
fi

# Ask the user which Python version to use
read -p "Enter the Python version to use (press Enter for default): " python_version

# Ask for the project name
read -p "Enter the Django project name: " project_name

# Create a directory for the project
mkdir $project_name
cd $project_name

# Create an empty Pipfile
touch Pipfile

# Install python via pipenv if a version number is given
if [ -n "$python_version" ]; then
    pipenv install --python $python_version
fi

# Install Django using pipenv and django-debug-toolbar for development
pipenv install django 
pipenv install django-debug-toolbar --dev

# Create a Django project
pipenv run django-admin startproject $project_name .

# Ask for the app name and create the app
read -p "Enter the Django app name: " app_name
pipenv run python manage.py startapp $app_name

# Add the app to project settings
echo -e "\n# Add $app_name to installed apps\nINSTALLED_APPS += ['$app_name',]" >> $project_name/settings.py

# Apply migrations
pipenv run python manage.py migrate

# Ask for superuser name and create one with password "password"
read -p "Enter the superuser name: " superuser_name
export DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD=password
pipenv run python manage.py createsuperuser --username $superuser_name --email $superuser_name@localhost --noinput
echo "Superuser $superuser_name created with password 'password'."

# Create a runserver.sh file with the command to run the server
echo "pipenv run python manage.py runserver" > runserver.sh
chmod +x runserver.sh

# Execute the runserver.sh script in another terminal window
x-terminal-emulator -e "./runserver.sh" &
sleep 1 # wait for the server to start

# start webbrowser
xdg-open http://localhost:8000/admin/

#this will exit the shell and activate the virtual environment
pipenv shell