Generate a HTTP Request that you can use to testing purposes with a view.

django_generate_http_request.py

import json
from django.test import RequestFactory
from django.http import QueryDict

def generate_http_request(url, user, method='GET', query_params=None, data=None, headers=None, request_attrs=None):
    """
    Generate an HTTP request for a given URL and user.

    Args:
        url (str): The URL for the request.
        user (User): The user making the request.
        method (str): The HTTP method ('GET' or 'POST'). Defaults to 'GET'.
        query_params (dict): A dictionary of query parameters for GET requests. Defaults to None.
        data (dict): A dictionary of data for POST requests. Defaults to None.
        headers (dict): A dictionary of headers for the request. Defaults to None.

    Returns:
        request: A mock HTTP request object.
    """
    # Create an instance of the RequestFactory
    factory = RequestFactory()

    # Generate the request based on the specified method
    if method == 'GET':
        # Add query parameters to the URL if provided
        if query_params:
            url += '?' + '&'.join([f'{key}={value}' for key, value in query_params.items()])
        # Create a GET request with headers
        request = factory.get(url, **(headers or {}))
        if query_params:
            request.query_params = QueryDict('&'.join([f'{key}={value}' for key, value in query_params.items()]))
        else:
            request.query_params = QueryDict()
            
        request.data = QueryDict()
    elif method == 'POST':
        # Create a POST request with data payload and headers
        request = factory.post(url, data=data, **(headers or {}))
    else:
        raise ValueError('Invalid method. Only "GET" and "POST" are supported.')

    # Set the user for the request
    request.user = user

    # add any attributes to the request that needs to be added
    if request_attrs:
        for attr, value in request_attrs.items():
            setattr(request, attr, value)

    # add headers as 'META' attributes
    if headers:
        for header, value in headers.items():
            request.META[header] = value

    return request

def create_view(ViewClass, url, tenant, user, method='GET', query_params=None, data=None, headers=None, request_attrs=None, request_args=None, request_kwargs=None):
    """
    Creates a view instance from the ViewClass and preps it up with everything needed to make a request.
    """
    request = generate_http_request(url, user, method, query_params, data, headers, request_attrs)
    view = ViewClass()
    view.request = request
    if request_args:
        view.args = request_args
    if request_kwargs:
        view.kwargs = request_kwargs
    request.tenant = tenant

    return view, request