test.py

from django.test import TestCase
from django.test.client import Client
from django.test.utils import override_settings
from django.contrib.auth.models import User


class ApiAccessTest(TestCase):
    @override_settings(DEBUG=True)
    def setUp(self):
        pw = 'secret'
        self.logged_in_user = User.objects.create(username='fakeuser@example.com', password=pw)
        self.logged_in_user.save()

        self.c = Client() 
        self.login_response = self.c.post('/account/login/', {'username': self.logged_in_user.username, 'password': pw})
    
    @override_settings(DEBUG=True)
    def test_logged_in_ok(self):
        self.assertEquals(self.login_response.status_code, 200)

    @override_settings(DEBUG=True)
    def test_can_access_own_practices(self):
        resp = self.c.get('/dashboard/api/v1/practice/?format=json')
        self.assertEquals(resp.status_code, 200)