Use Django's ORM without the web framework

external_django_orm.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
from django.conf import settings

'''
Useful in situations when you want to use Django's ORM
instead of SQLAlchemy, usually just due to preference.
'''

# ========================
# IMPLEMENT CONFIGURATIONS
# ========================

# IMPORTANT #
'''
- Application directory must match this name
- Directory must be in sys.path, too
- Method of getting the root directory if calling from another module:
- Migrations will be stored in that directory, too
     
```python3
from pathlib import Path
import sys

sys.path.append(str(Path(__file__).parent.absolute())
```
'''

INSTALLED_APPS = ['app']

# More complex database configurations can be applied, too
# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/settings/#databases
DATABASES = {
    'default': '/path/to/database/file'
}

# Apply the configurations
settings.configure(
    INSTALLED_APPS=INSTALLED_APPS,
    DATABASES=DATABASES
)

# Generating/Applying Migrations -or- dropping to a shell
'''
from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
execute_from_command_line([base_dir,'makemigrations'])
execute_from_command_line([base_dir,'migrate'])
execute_from_command_line([base_dir,'shell'])
'''