I want to make a dump in django irrespective of database I am using and can be loaded later. The command 'dumpdata' is perfect for this, but it is printing output on console. More over I am calling it using call_command function so I cannot store its content in any variable as it is printing output on console.
Please let me know how store dump to a file using dumpdata or any other command or api.
Thanks
You can choose a file to put the output of dumpdata into if you call it from within Python using call_command, for example:
from django.core.management import call_command
output = open(output_filename,'w') # Point stdout at a file for dumping data to.
call_command('dumpdata','model_name',format='json',indent=3,stdout=output)
output.close()
However, if you try calling this from the command line with e.g. --stdout=filename.json at the end of your dumpdata command, it gives the error manage.py: error: no such option: --stdout.
So it is there, you just have to call it within a Python script rather than on the command line. If you want it as a command line option, then redirection (as others have suggested) is your best bet.