By sefriedrich
Hi everyone, I followed the tutorial to deploy a Django app to the app platform. My question is, how do I get files from the app platform? Example: "python manage.py dumpdata > db.json is exporting my data as a JSON file. I could use this data to run some tests with “live data” offline in dev mode. But how do I get this file downloaded? Could someone give me a hint? Just checking it in with git was my first idea, but this was unfortunately not working. Thanks Sebastian
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App Platform uses ephemeral filesystems so on each deploy all changes that happen during that deployment are lost.
Two options you could try are:
- Add a HTTP route on your app that lets you download the file (make sure this route is secured).
- Upload your file to DigitalOcean Spaces and then download them to your dev machine (or wherever you need the data).
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