Fix #273 API import side-effect.

api/acl.py

@@ -31,31 +31,6 @@ from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 
 
-def _create_api_permission():
-    """Creates the 'use_api' permission if not created.
-
-    The 'use_api' is a fake permission in the sense it is not associated with an
-    existing model and this ensure the permission is created every time this file
-    is imported.
-    """
-    api_content_type, created = ContentType.objects.get_or_create(
-        app_label=settings.API_CONTENT_TYPE_APP_LABEL,
-        model=settings.API_CONTENT_TYPE_MODEL,
-    )
-    if created:
-        api_content_type.save()
-    api_permission, created = Permission.objects.get_or_create(
-        name=settings.API_PERMISSION_NAME,
-        content_type=api_content_type,
-        codename=settings.API_PERMISSION_CODENAME,
-    )
-    if created:
-        api_permission.save()
-
-
-#_create_api_permission()
-
-
 def can_view(user, *args, **kwargs):
     """Check if an user can view the application.
 

api/migrations/0001_initial.py

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations 
+from django.conf import settings
+
+def create_api_permission(apps, schema_editor):
+    """Creates the 'use_api' permission if not created.
+
+    The 'use_api' is a fake permission in the sense it is not associated with an
+    existing model and this ensure the permission is created.
+    """
+    ContentType = apps.get_model("contenttypes", "ContentType")
+    Permission = apps.get_model("auth", "Permission")
+    api_content_type, created = ContentType.objects.get_or_create(
+        app_label=settings.API_CONTENT_TYPE_APP_LABEL,
+        model=settings.API_CONTENT_TYPE_MODEL,
+    )
+    if created:
+        api_content_type.save()
+    api_permission, created = Permission.objects.get_or_create(
+        name=settings.API_PERMISSION_NAME,
+        content_type=api_content_type,
+        codename=settings.API_PERMISSION_CODENAME,
+    )
+    if created:
+        api_permission.save()
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    initial = True
+    dependencies = []
+    operations = [
+            migrations.RunPython(create_api_permission)
+            ]