from importlib import import_module from django.conf import settings from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError class Command(BaseCommand): help = ( "Can be run as a cronjob or directly to clean out expired sessions " "when the backend supports it." ) def handle(self, **options): engine = import_module(settings.SESSION_ENGINE) try: engine.SessionStore.clear_expired() except NotImplementedError: raise CommandError( "Session engine '%s' doesn't support clearing expired " "sessions." % settings.SESSION_ENGINE )