django-pdb 0.2.2

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Make debugging Django easier

Adding pdb.set_trace() to your source files every time you want to break into pdb sucks.

Don’t do that.

Do this.

Installation

Install using pip:

pip install django-pdb

Add to your django project:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'django_pdb',
)

Usage

manage.py runserver

Drops into pdb at the start of a view if the URL includes a pdb GET parameter.

Drops into ipdb at the start of a view if the URL includes a ipdb GET parameter.

This behavior is only enabled if settings.DEBUG = True:

bash: testproject/manage.py runserver
Validating models...

0 errors found
Django version 1.3, using settings 'testproject.settings'
Development server is running at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CONTROL-C.

GET /test?pdb
function "myview" in testapp/views.py:7
args: ()
kwargs: {}

> /Users/tom/github/django-pdb/testproject/testapp/views.py(8)myview()
-> a = 1
(Pdb)

manage.py runserver --pdb or manage.py runserver --ipdb

Drops into pdb/ipdb at the start of every view:

bash: testproject/manage.py runserver --pdb
Validating models...

0 errors found
Django version 1.3, using settings 'testproject.settings'
Development server is running at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CONTROL-C.

GET /test
function "myview" in testapp/views.py:7
args: ()
kwargs: {}

> /Users/tom/github/django-pdb/testproject/testapp/views.py(7)myview()
-> a = 1
(Pdb)

manage.py test --pdb or manage.py test --ipdb

Drops into pdb/ipdb on test errors/failures:

bash: testproject/manage.py test testapp --pdb
Creating test database for alias 'default'...
E
======================================================================
>>> test_error (testapp.tests.SimpleTest)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/tom/github/django-pdb/testproject/testapp/tests.py", line 16, in test_error
    one_plus_one = four
NameError: global name 'four' is not defined
======================================================================

> /Users/tom/github/django-pdb/testproject/testapp/tests.py(16)test_error()
-> one_plus_one = four
(Pdb)

Other apps that override runserver

If you also use other apps that override the runserver command, but still want to use django-pdb…

Add the following to your settings.py:

if DEBUG:
    MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES += ('django_pdb.middleware.PdbMiddleware',)

And make sure that django_pdb comes before any conflicting apps in INSTALLED_APPS.