How can i use different database in django management command

Question

I am using django management command in my test like this

from django.core.management import call_command
call_command('loadusers')

Now I have the database on external server where i want to execute this command not on the database where the django currently is executing the tests.

How can i something like

call_command('loadusers', database="external")

Answer 1

    settings.DATABASES[FIXTURE_DATABASE] = {
                "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
                "NAME": "external",
            }
call_command("loadusers", database=FIXTURE_DATABASE, verbosity=0,
                interactive=False)

I think it should work,found this here at Example 14 : http://www.programcreek.com/python/example/56194/django.core.management.call_command