Export data from one Django to another

Sometimes I clone a repository with Django and make a setup of the environment on my own machine. Then I would usually like to have some testdata populated in my environment. So here’s how to copy the data from one Django installation (production) to my environment (test). 1. ssh to the remote server

ssh username@hostname

2. Navigate to the folder

cd /path/to/remote/django

3. Extract data to db.json

python manage.py dumpdata db.json

4. Open a local terminal and copy down the file

 scp username@hostname:/path/to/remote/django/db.json /path/to/local/django/db.json

5. Navigate to the folder locally

 cd /path/to/local/django/

6. Import the data from the file

python manage.py loaddata db.json

Source: this guide