How to programmatically trigger password reset email in django 1.7.6?

I've encountered a problem where I had to load more than 200 new users into my django app and right away send them a password reset email. This had to happen only once, done only by me and run quietly on backend. Surfing the internet brought me only to one more or less right answer: Trigger password reset email in django without browser?. The only problem was is that this post was about 4 years old and of course when I tried the solution, it didn't work...