django dumpdata empty array

I also had the same issue, you need to specify the correct database. For example, given your code:

$ ./manage.py dumpdata --database=auth_db account

• Make sure the model goes correct. if the model has an error, the ./manage.py dumpdata command will keep silent while running and output []. So the suggestion is to run the models' code in ./manage.py shell and the target data exists, for example:

from account.models import Account print Account.objects.all()[:1]

• Make sure ./manage.py dumpdata can find the targe model. Django finds models via {APP_NAME}.models, if you place your models in directory account/models/, import your models in account/models/__init__.py, for example:from profile import Profile