Refactor fixtures from JSON to Python

src/registrar/signals.py

@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
-from django.db.models.signals import post_save
+import logging
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.management import call_command
+from django.db.models.signals import post_save, post_migrate
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 
 from .models import User, UserProfile
 
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
 @receiver(post_save, sender=User)
 def handle_profile(sender, instance, **kwargs):
 
@@ -21,3 +28,13 @@ def handle_profile(sender, instance, **kwargs):
             instance.userprofile.save()
         else:
             UserProfile.objects.create(user=instance)
+
+
+@receiver(post_migrate)
+def handle_loaddata(**kwargs):
+    """Attempt to load test fixtures when in DEBUG mode."""
+    if settings.DEBUG:
+        try:
+            call_command("load")
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(e)