Split the list view code up in three pieces 1. getListContents which returns the required contents dictionary 2. _list which returns the response for a specified list of contents 3. list which constructs just one content dict and passes it to _list This way it is easier to do step 1 and 2 in other code than list(), which makes it possible to display multiple list pages (by calling getListContents multiple times and passing the result to _list).

from django.core.management.base import AppCommand

class Command(AppCommand):
    help = "Prints the DROP TABLE SQL, then the CREATE TABLE SQL, for the given app name(s)."

    output_transaction = True

    def handle_app(self, app, **options):
        from django.core.management.sql import sql_reset
        return u'\n'.join(sql_reset(app, self.style)).encode('utf-8')