Django-crontab can't make model query - django

Question

I have a model inside tools app called ApiKeys and tried to update the model in specific time intervels. I used django-crontab for this purpose.
CRONJOBS = [
('*/1 * * * *', 'tools.cron.reset_api_calls','>>logs.log')
]
function -
from .models import ApiKeys
def reset_api_calls():
try:
keys = ApiKeys.objects.all()
for key in keys:
key.api_calls = 0
key.save()
except Exception as e:
print(e)
model -
class ApiKeys(models.Model):
key_token = models.CharField(max_length=50, primary_key=True)
api_calls = models.IntegerField(default=0)
las_used_date = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
But it gives error log - no such table: tools_apikeys
Note: The table does exist in database and accessible through django-shell and views.py as well.

Answer 1

It doesn't work that way, as you need to setup Django for these command to work
You have 2 options
Implement this as a management command
Setup Django manually as the start of your script.
import django
os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "project.settings")
django.setup()

Answer 2

You should update your DATABASES settings in main project from:
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': 'db.sqlite3',
}
}
to:
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
}
}
by adding os.path.join you can specify directory from which system should take a database, because initially it will look for db.sqlite3 in other pwd.