If you set your environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE in the
environment your script is running in, you need only add this line to
your script (in addition to your model imports, of course).
from django.conf import settings
Otherwise you'll need to import the OS module in your script and add a
line like this:
os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'myproject.settings'
Note that, in either case, you need to ensure that the proper path has
been added to your PYTHONPATH.
More detail, since you said you weren't quite a Python pro yet.
Prerequisite
Ensure that your project folder is on your PYTHONPATH.
Example:
#at the command line, not in your script
export PYTHONPATH=/home/name/projects:$PYTHONPATH
Solution #1:
#at the command line, not in your script
export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE='myproject.settings'
Now you can just do this in your script:
from django.conf import settings
Solution #2:
#in your script, not on the command line
import os
os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'myproject.settings'
To me, solution 1 is easier, and cleaner, because if you change your
settings file you don't have to change all your scripts. However, you
may not have the ability to change the environment if you have
multiple Django projects and don't want to break all the other ones.
Shawn
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