from importlib import import_module from django.core.management.base import CommandError from django.core.management.templates import TemplateCommand class Command(TemplateCommand): help = ( "Creates a Django app directory structure for the given app name in " "the current directory or optionally in the given directory." ) missing_args_message = "You must provide an application name." def handle(self, **options): app_name, target = options.pop('name'), options.pop('directory') self.validate_name(app_name, "app") # Check that the app_name cannot be imported. try: import_module(app_name) except ImportError: pass else: raise CommandError( "%r conflicts with the name of an existing Python module and " "cannot be used as an app name. Please try another name." % app_name ) super(Command, self).handle('app', app_name, target, **options)