How I Created Custom Django Management Commands13.04.24

I wanted to recollect all statics files once I changed my CSS style files in my developing process. So I found out, I could create an own custom Django management command what listen to the static file folder, what was listed in the settings.py file.
In the folder of one of my registered Apps, I create the folder structure as below :

```text
.
├── management
│   ├── commands
│   │   ├── __init__.py
│   │   ├── watch_files.py
│   │   └── what_time_is_it.py
│   ├── __init__.py

```

what_time_is_it.py was the test and watch_files.py what I'm using now

## what_time_is_it
```python
from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
from django.utils import timezone

class Command(BaseCommand):
    help = 'Displays current time'

def handle(self, *args, **kwargs):
        time = timezone.now().strftime('%X')
        self.stdout.write("It's now %s" % time)

```
## watch_files.py

```python
import time
from django.conf import settings
from django.core.management import call_command
from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand

from watchfiles import watch

class Command(BaseCommand):
    help = "Automatically calls collectstatic when the staticfiles get modified."

def handle(self, *args, **options):
        print('WATCH_STATIC: Static file watchdog started.')
        #for changes in watch([str(x) for x in settings.STATICFILES_DIRS]):
        for changes in watch(*settings.STATICFILES_DIRS):
            print(f'WATCH_STATIC: {changes}', end='')
            call_command("collectstatic", interactive=False)

```

after i can use the command with:
```command
./manage.py watch_files
```

https://simpleisbetterthancomplex.com/tutorial/2018/08/27/how-to-create-custom-django-management-commands.html

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