django-db-schema-renderer 0.1.2

Django app to render ER diagram

Django-db-schema-renderer

Overview

This is a django app to render db schema (ER diagram), of selected models or apps inside django admin panel

Requirements

• Python 3.7+
• Django 3.1+
• django-extensions 3+
• pygraphviz 1.7+

For successful install of pygraphviz you need to have on your host graphviz installed. you can find official docs here On apple silicon this can be achieved by running command:

brew install graphviz
pip3 install \
    --global-option=build_ext \
    --global-option="-I$(brew --prefix graphviz)/include/" \
    --global-option="-L$(brew --prefix graphviz)/lib/" \
    pygraphviz

Installation

1. Install using pip...

   pip install django-db-schema-renderer

2. Add django_db_schema_renderer to your INSTALLED_APPS setting, before django.contrib.admin(make sure you have django-extensions also added)

   INSTALLED_APPS = [
       'django_db_schema_renderer',
       'django.contrib.admin',
       ...
       'django-extensions'
   
   ]
   

3. Edit the {project_dir}/urls.py module in your project:

   from django_db_schema_renderer.urls import schema_urls
   
   urlpatterns = [
   ...
    path("db-schema/", include((schema_urls, "db-schema"))),
   ...
   ]