how to run django in pycharm in https

Question

I need to run a python Django project with Pycharm IDE locally in HTTPS so that other services can talk with my service without any errors.

I don't manage to run it locally in HTTPS

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 16 '22 at 18:22

You can use runserver_plus extension. It depends on Werkzeug, so you have to install it first. Installation:

pip install Werkzeug
pip install django-extensions
pip install pyOpenSSL

Then add django_extensions to your INSTALLED_APPS inside settings.py:

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'django_extensions',
)

Now you need to generate self-signed certificate for your local server. Something like this, credits to Diego Woitasen:

openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -sha256 -days 365

And now you can run Django this way:

python manage.py runserver_plus --cert-file /path/to/cert.crt

And some links for sources:

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