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Fake django requests for testing purposes
from django.core.handlers.base import BaseHandler
from django.test.client import RequestFactory
class RequestMock(RequestFactory):
def request(self, **request):
"Construct a generic request object."
request = RequestFactory.request(self, **request)
handler = BaseHandler()
handler.load_middleware()
for middleware_method in handler._request_middleware:
if middleware_method(request):
raise Exception("Couldn't create request mock object - "
"request middleware returned a response")
return request
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