Sample code for using RequestFactory to do Django Unit Testing - Get and Post

django_request_factory_test.py

from django.test import TestCase, RequestFactory
from django.utils.importlib import import_module
from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
from django.contrib.sessions.middleware import SessionMiddleware
from django.contrib.messages.middleware import MessageMiddleware

from rest_framework import status

from .models import *
from .views import *
from .forms import *

class VendorJobRequestCreateTest(TestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        # Every test needs access to the request factory.
        self.factory = RequestFactory()
        self.u1 = user_model.objects.create_user(username='User1', email='user1@foo.com', password='pass')
        self.u1.is_active = True
        self.u1.is_staff = True
        self.u1.save()
        self.u2 = user_model.objects.create_user(username='User2', email='user2@foo.com', password='pass')
        self.u2.is_active = True
        self.u2.save()

    def tearDown(self):
        user_model.objects.all().delete()

    def setup_request(self, request):
        request.user = self.u2

        """Annotate a request object with a session"""
        middleware = SessionMiddleware()
        middleware.process_request(request)
        request.session.save()

        """Annotate a request object with a messages"""
        middleware = MessageMiddleware()
        middleware.process_request(request)
        request.session.save()

        request.session['some'] = 'some'
        request.session.save()

    def testGet(self):

        url = reverse('some_view')
        request = self.factory.get(url)
        self.setup_request(request)

        view = SomeCreateView.as_view()
        response = view(request)
        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
        self.assertEqual(response.template_name[0], 'some_template.html')
        
    def testPost(self):
        url = reverse('some_view')+'?arg={0}'.format(self.some.id)
        form_data = {
            'data1': '1',
            'data2': 2
        }

        request = self.factory.post(url, data=form_data)
        self.setup_request(request)

        view = SomeCreateView.as_view()
        response = view(request)
        self.failUnlessEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_302_FOUND)
        self.assertEqual(SomeModel.objects.count(), 0)        

Thanks.. I was dealing with the requestFactory, session and messages in test, and this is very useful to me.

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