Add django.setup to scheduler lambda

backend/src/xfd_django/xfd_api/api_methods/scan.py

@@ -295,7 +295,10 @@ def run_scan(scan_id: str, current_user):
 
         scan.manualRunPending = True
         scan.save()
-        return {"status": "success", "message": f"Scan {scan_id} set to manualRunPending."}
+        return {
+            "status": "success",
+            "message": f"Scan {scan_id} set to manualRunPending.",
+        }
 
     except HTTPException as http_exc:
         raise http_exc

backend/src/xfd_django/xfd_api/api_methods/search.py

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def search(search_body: SearchBody, event) -> Dict[str, Any]:
 
 def search_post(request_input):
     """Handle Elastic Search request"""
-    
+
     es_query = build_elasticsearch_query(request_input)
 
     # Perform search in Elasticsearch TODO: Confirm index name and format

backend/src/xfd_django/xfd_api/tasks/scheduler.py

@@ -6,13 +6,21 @@
 import os
 
 # Third-Party Libraries
+import django
 from django.utils import timezone
 
 from ..helpers.getScanOrganizations import get_scan_organizations
 from ..models import Organization, Scan, ScanTask
 from ..schema_models.scan import SCAN_SCHEMA
 from .ecs_client import ECSClient
 
+# Set the Django settings module
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "xfd_django.settings")
+os.environ["DJANGO_ALLOW_ASYNC_UNSAFE"] = "true"
+
+# Initialize Django
+django.setup()
+
 
 def chunk(iterable, size):
     """Chunk a list into a nested list."""