Remove mfr kwarg from app init so the API will run
#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import sys
from website.app import init_app


if __name__ == "__main__":
    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'api.base.settings')

    from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line

    init_app(set_backends=True, routes=False, attach_request_handlers=False)

    if 'livereload' in sys.argv:
        from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
        from livereload import Server
        import django.conf as conf
        conf.settings.STATIC_URL = '/static/'
        application = get_wsgi_application()
        server = Server(application)
        server.watch('api/')

        server.serve(port=8000)
    else:
        execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)

#!/usr/bin/env python
import os
import sys
from website.app import init_app


if __name__ == "__main__":
    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'api.base.settings')

    from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line

    init_app(set_backends=True, routes=False, mfr=False, attach_request_handlers=False)

    if 'livereload' in sys.argv:
        from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
        from livereload import Server
        import django.conf as conf
        conf.settings.STATIC_URL = '/static/'
        application = get_wsgi_application()
        server = Server(application)
        server.watch('api/')

        server.serve(port=8000)
    else:
        execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
