# Django ORM as a standalone library

**URL:** <https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/django-orm-as-a-standalone-library/4971>\
**Category:** Using the ORM\
**Created:** [October 27, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/django-orm-as-a-standalone-library/4971 "2020-10-27T13:27:39Z")\
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This works:

```auto
import os 
import django 

os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'project.settings')
django.setup()

# And you're good... 

```

You can do `settings.configure()` if you don’t want to provide the settings module.

I hope that helps.

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