Checking for missing settings

From Django 1.7 onward, you can use an extensible system-check framework, which replaces the old validate management command. In this recipe, you will learn how to create a check if the ADMINS setting is set. Similarly, you will be able to check whether different secret keys or access tokens are set for the APIs that you are using.

Getting ready

Let's start with the viral_videos app that was created in the Using database query expressions recipe and was extended in the previous recipe.

How to do it...

To use the system-check framework...