call_command

Call the given command, with the given options and args/kwargs.

This is the primary API you should use for calling specific commands.

command_name may be a string or a command object. Using a string is preferred unless the command object is required for further processing or testing.

Some examples: call_command('migrate') call_command('shell', plain=True) call_command('sqlmigrate', 'myapp')

from django.core.management.commands import flush
cmd = flush.Command()
call_command(cmd, verbosity=0, interactive=False)
# Do something with cmd ...

def call_command(
    command_name: str | BaseCommand,
    *args: Any,
    **options: Any
) - > Any

Call the given command, with the given options and args/kwargs. This is the primary API you should use for calling specific commands.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
command_name	`str	BaseCommand`
*args	Any	Positional arguments to be passed to the command's argument parser.
**options	Any	Named options and flags to configure the command's behavior, such as verbosity or interactive mode.

Returns

Type	Description
Any	The result of the command's execution, typically the output of the command's handle() method.