Basic test of the Django admin views yours installed apps: simple GET on the list view, add view and list seacrh

test_admin.py

from django.contrib import admin
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
from django.db.models import get_models
from django.test import TestCase


class TestAdminViews(TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        username = "test"
        password = "test"
        self.user = User.objects.create_superuser(username, 'test@test.com', password)
        self.client.login(username=self.user.username, password=password)

    def test_admin_views(self):
        for model in get_models():
            self.run_for_model(model)

    def run_for_model(self, model):
        if model in admin.site._registry:
            self.admin_add_view(model)
            self.admin_change_view(model)
            self.admin_search_view(model)

    def admin_add_view(self, model):
        if admin.site._registry[model].has_add_permission(type("request", (), {"user": self.user})):
            url = self.add_view(model)
            self.assert_admin_url_valid(model, url)

    def add_view(self, model):
        return reverse("admin:%s_%s_add" % (model._meta.app_label, model._meta.module_name))

    def assert_admin_url_valid(self, model, url):
        response = self.client.get(url, follow=True)
        self.failUnlessEqual(response.status_code, 200,
                             "%s != %s -> %s, url: %s" % (response.status_code, 200, repr(model), url))
        self.assertFalse("this_is_the_login_form" in response.content,
                         "login requested for %s" % str(model))

    def admin_change_view(self, model):
        url = self.change_view(model)
        self.assert_admin_url_valid(model, url)

    def change_view(self, model):
        return reverse("admin:%s_%s_changelist" % (model._meta.app_label, model._meta.module_name))

    def admin_search_view(self, model):
        url = "%s?q=test" % self.change_view(model)
        self.assert_admin_url_valid(model, url)