# Createapp scaffolds? **URL:** \ **Category:** Getting Started\ **Created:** [April 19, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/createapp-scaffolds/13261 "2022-04-19T16:30:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![qvisty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/qvisty/32/4818_2.png) [@qvisty](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/qvisty)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/createapp-scaffolds/13261/1 "2022-04-19T16:30:05Z")
Is there a way to do startapp command(maybe 3rd party) so there will be urls.py and crud-urlpatterns, cet\_absolute\_url and maybe some other stuff? ---
**Author:** ![KenWhitesell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/kenwhitesell/32/280_2.png) [@KenWhitesell](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/KenWhitesell)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/createapp-scaffolds/13261/2 "2022-04-19T16:33:30Z")
How would you do that in the absence of the models and views? (Also, take a look at [cookiecutter](https://github.com/cookiecutter/cookiecutter) and [cookiecutter-django](https://cookiecutter-django.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html) to see what _has_ been done in that area.) ---
**Author:** ![qvisty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/qvisty/32/4818_2.png) [@qvisty](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/qvisty)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/createapp-scaffolds/13261/3 "2022-04-19T17:38:19Z")
Maybe it is more like a startmodel command I am looking for. I am also an opinionated use of the generec cbv could do it ---
**Author:** ![KenWhitesell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/kenwhitesell/32/280_2.png) [@KenWhitesell](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/KenWhitesell)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/createapp-scaffolds/13261/4 "2022-04-19T18:01:14Z")
The admin already does it by building its URLs from the ModelAdmin classes. You could effectively do this by doing your own URL decoding and dispatch - but then you’re just recreating what Django already provides. (e.g. something along the lines of `re_path('.*', my_custom_dispatcher)`) A generic CBV _can’t_ do it, because it doesn’t get instantiated until _after_ a URL has been received and resolved, directing it to the view. ---
**Author:** ![qvisty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/qvisty/32/4818_2.png) [@qvisty](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/qvisty)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/createapp-scaffolds/13261/5 "2022-04-20T08:33:16Z")
I don’t think I am explaining myself properly. 🙂 I was thinking of doing a management command like “django-admin createscaffoldapp appname modelname fieldname” for example “django-admin createscaffoldapp books Book title” Then (I think) django would be able to: - register the app in setting - make the \_ \_ str \_ \_ and get\_absolute\_url in the model - make the subdir in the templates dir - create the book\_list.html with demo of a for book in books: {{book.title}} - create the book\_detail.html - create the four crud views (generic) … I think? 😇 I know the model and app will need all the rest of the fields and content. But the above is even for me as a beginner starting to be repetitive (yet time consuming). I do realize that some of the process like naming the specific way the urlpattern paths are designed have to be chosen for me, but as a beginner I am fully okay with that. Maybe there is a corporate standard or way most people would agree it would be okay. My guess is something like (or whatever is more agreed upon by pros): - path(‘add/’, views.add, name=‘add’), - path(‘edit/int:id/’, views.edit, name=‘edit’), - path(‘delete/int:id/’, views.delete, name=‘delete’), - path(‘insert/’, views.insert, name=‘insert’), - path(‘update/int:id/’, views.update, name=‘update’), I know about cookie-cutter, but I dont want to scaffold the whole project, only the individual app. I know this mostly applies the beginners like me or maybe intermediate users (in a hurry), but I think Django could expand the project-start-supporting commands a bit more than they are right now. Does this even make sense if you are making professional projects? (which I am not, not that anyone doubted this 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![KenWhitesell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/kenwhitesell/32/280_2.png) [@KenWhitesell](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/KenWhitesell)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/createapp-scaffolds/13261/6 "2022-04-20T12:35:57Z")
The misinterpretation mistake was mine. 🙂 > [@qvisty](#): > > I know about cookie-cutter, but I dont want to scaffold the whole project, only the individual app. You can create a cookiecutter for just an app. I wasn’t suggesting to use django-cookiecutter, just to point out that there is a framework available for building what you describe. A cookiecutter, at its most fundamental layer, creates a directory and a set of files while substituting text. It’s quite practical to build what you describe using it. ---
**Author:** ![qvisty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/qvisty/32/4818_2.png) [@qvisty](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/qvisty)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/createapp-scaffolds/13261/7 "2022-04-20T15:04:55Z")
> [@KenWhitesell](#): > > cookiecutter, at its most fundamental layer, creates a directory and a set of files while substituting text. It’s quite practical to build what you describe using it. Edit: forget this: Could you or someone else point me in the right direction? I only find cookiecutter project stuff Edit: I think I found it… [https://cookiecutter.readthedocs.io/en/1.7.2/first\_steps.html](https://cookiecutter.readthedocs.io/en/1.7.2/first_steps.html) ---
**Author:** ![qvisty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/qvisty/32/4818_2.png) [@qvisty](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/qvisty)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/createapp-scaffolds/13261/8 "2022-04-20T15:06:41Z")
Oh wait maybe someone has already built this “app starter”? ---
**Author:** ![KenWhitesell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/kenwhitesell/32/280_2.png) [@KenWhitesell](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/KenWhitesell)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/createapp-scaffolds/13261/9 "2022-04-20T16:04:08Z")
Also, if you want some ideas, see [GitHub - wildfish/cookiecutter-django-crud: A cookiecutter template to create a Django app around a model with CRUD views using django-vanilla-views, a floppyforms ModelForm and WebTest tests using model mommy.](https://github.com/wildfish/cookiecutter-django-crud) and [GitHub - smajda/cookiecutter-django-crud-app: A Django app template that sets up initial Create, List, Detail, and Update generic views, forms, urls, templates, and tests.](https://github.com/smajda/cookiecutter-django-crud-app) ---
**Author:** ![qvisty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/qvisty/32/4818_2.png) [@qvisty](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/qvisty)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/createapp-scaffolds/13261/10 "2022-04-20T17:09:43Z")
> [@KenWhitesell](#): > > and [GitHub - smajda/cookiecutter-django-crud-app: A Django app template that sets up initial Create, List, Detail, and Update generic views, forms, urls, templates, and tests.](https://github.com/smajda/cookiecutter-django-crud-app) This looks like it (quick look) is exactly what I was thinking of. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![qvisty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/qvisty/32/4818_2.png) [@qvisty](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/qvisty)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/createapp-scaffolds/13261/11 "2022-04-22T14:57:25Z")
… But cookiecutter keeps throwing errors… 🤔 (cant share error msg right now. On the phone) ---
**Author:** ![qvisty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/qvisty/32/4818_2.png) [@qvisty](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/qvisty)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/createapp-scaffolds/13261/12 "2022-04-22T18:05:56Z")
```auto error: invalid path '{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/templates/{{cookiecutter.app_name}}/{{cookiecutter.model_name|lower}}_confirm_delete.html' fatal: unable to checkout working tree warning: Clone succeeded, but checkout failed. You can inspect what was checked out with 'git status' and retry with 'git restore --source=HEAD :/' ``` ---
**Author:** ![qvisty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/qvisty/32/4818_2.png) [@qvisty](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/qvisty)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/createapp-scaffolds/13261/13 "2022-04-22T18:07:10Z")
git status ```auto fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git ``` which is weird as I am trying to clone the cookiecutter from my github fork of the original repo ---
**Author:** ![qvisty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/qvisty/32/4818_2.png) [@qvisty](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/qvisty)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/createapp-scaffolds/13261/14 "2022-04-22T18:47:33Z")
I just watched a video of Django-Unicorn and it has a management command like “django-admin startunicorn Appname TemplateName” which does almost what I originally imagined without the need for CookieCutter. How do I go and make one of those?