{"id":1359,"date":"2022-03-09T15:02:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T15:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zerotobyte.com\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2022-03-09T15:02:45","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T15:02:45","slug":"how-to-check-django-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerotobyte.com\/how-to-check-django-version\/","title":{"rendered":"How to check Django version?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Django is one of the most popular framework for creating web applications. Its initial release was back in 2005, and since then, more than 20 stable versions have been released. <strong>Having that many versions available to choose from, we often require methods to check our version in Django, either for deployment or dependency compatibility purposes.<\/strong> So how to check the Django version?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Django version can be checked using multiple approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Using the <code>django-admin<\/code> command line (terminal commands)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">$ django-admin version\n4.0.3<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">$ python manage.py version\n4.0.3<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">$ python -m django version\n4.0.3<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Using <code>django<\/code> module (Python console commands)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">>>> import django\n>>> django.VERSION\n(4, 0, 3, 'final', 0)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">>>> import django\n>>> django.get_version()\n'4.0.3'<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Using <code>pip<\/code> (terminal commands)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">$ pip show django\nName: Django\nVersion: 4.0.3\nSummary: A high-level Python web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.\nHome-page: https:\/\/www.djangoproject.com\/\nAuthor: Django Software Foundation\nAuthor-email: foundation@djangoproject.com\nLicense: BSD-3-Clause\nLocation:...\/venv\/lib\/python3.8\/site-packages\nRequires: asgiref, backports.zoneinfo, sqlparse\nRequired-by: <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">$ pip freeze | grep Django\nDjango==4.0.3<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. Using <code>pkg_resources<\/code> module (Python console command)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">>>> import pkg_resources\n>>> pkg_resources.get_distribution('django').version\n'4.0.3'<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>We divide approaches of checking Django version by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Python console commands<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Terminal commands<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"411\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/zerotobyte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/django-check-version-console.webp\" alt=\"Django check version console commands.\" class=\"wp-image-1366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerotobyte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/django-check-version-console.webp 411w, https:\/\/zerotobyte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/django-check-version-console-246x300.webp 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Python console commands can be used inside our Django code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"411\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/zerotobyte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/django-check-version-terminal.webp\" alt=\"Django check version terminal\n commands.\" class=\"wp-image-1367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zerotobyte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/django-check-version-terminal.webp 411w, https:\/\/zerotobyte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/django-check-version-terminal-246x300.webp 246w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What method should I use?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a big difference between Python console and terminal commands. So firstly, you should narrow your search of methods to one of the provided approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>When to use terminal commands?<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>When to use Python console commands?<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Use it when output is not required later in the code.<\/td><td>Use it when your code depends on the output of the given method.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Use it for a quick check of the Django version.<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, when you narrow your search to one of the approaches, you still have many choices to consider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>All approaches work fine, and no matter the choice you use, you should stick with it. I would suggest going with basic Django&#8217;s command-line utility (one of three commands).<\/strong> If you need more details, use <code>pip show django<\/code> command since it lists all the essential info of the installed Django version. If you need to use the version in your code, use <code>django.VERSION<\/code> or <code>django.get_version()<\/code> depending on the format you need. The <code>django.VERSION <\/code>command returns version in tuple format, and <code>django.get_version()<\/code> returns output in string type format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Django is one of the most popular framework for creating web applications. 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