__init__.py

from pyramid.config import Configurator


def main(global_config, **settings):
    """ This function returns a Pyramid WSGI application.
    """
    config = Configurator(settings=settings)
    config.add_static_view('static', 'static', cache_max_age=3600)
    config.add_route('home', '/')
    config.add_route('test-post', '/test-post', request_method='POST')
    config.scan()
    return config.make_wsgi_app()

gistfile1.txt

~/workspace/testweb/testweb $ nosetests -v
nose.plugins.cover: ERROR: Coverage not available: unable to import coverage module
Test a post request with a str set to the request body using app.post. ... ok
Test a post request with a str set to the request body using app.request. ... ERROR
test_my_view (testweb.tests.ViewTests) ... ok

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ERROR: Test a post request with a str set to the request body using app.request.
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/ian/workspace/testweb/testweb/testweb/test_functional.py", line 19, in test_request_post
    res = self.testapp.request('/test-post', method="POST", status=200, body=b'this-is-a-test')
  File "/home/ian/workspace/testweb/ve/lib/python2.7/site-packages/webtest/app.py", line 428, in request
    expect_errors=expect_errors,
  File "/home/ian/workspace/testweb/ve/lib/python2.7/site-packages/webtest/app.py", line 467, in do_request
    res = req.get_response(app, catch_exc_info=True)
  File "/home/ian/workspace/testweb/ve/lib/python2.7/site-packages/webob/request.py", line 1292, in send
    application, catch_exc_info=True)
  File "/home/ian/workspace/testweb/ve/lib/python2.7/site-packages/webob/request.py", line 1260, in call_application
    app_iter = application(self.environ, start_response)
  File "/home/ian/workspace/testweb/ve/lib/python2.7/site-packages/webtest/lint.py", line 198, in lint_app
    iterator = application(environ, start_response_wrapper)
  File "/home/ian/workspace/testweb/ve/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyramid/router.py", line 251, in __call__
    response = self.invoke_subrequest(request, use_tweens=True)
  File "/home/ian/workspace/testweb/ve/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyramid/router.py", line 227, in invoke_subrequest
    response = handle_request(request)
  File "/home/ian/workspace/testweb/ve/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyramid/tweens.py", line 21, in excview_tween
    response = handler(request)
  File "/home/ian/workspace/testweb/ve/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyramid/router.py", line 161, in handle_request
    response = view_callable(context, request)
  File "/home/ian/workspace/testweb/ve/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyramid/config/views.py", line 347, in rendered_view
    result = view(context, request)
  File "/home/ian/workspace/testweb/ve/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyramid/config/views.py", line 493, in _requestonly_view
    response = view(request)
  File "/home/ian/workspace/testweb/testweb/testweb/views.py", line 11, in test_post
    assert request.body == 'this-is-a-test'
  File "/home/ian/workspace/testweb/ve/lib/python2.7/site-packages/webob/request.py", line 677, in _body__get
    self.make_body_seekable() # we need this to have content_length
  File "/home/ian/workspace/testweb/ve/lib/python2.7/site-packages/webob/request.py", line 920, in make_body_seekable
    self.body_file_raw.seek(0)
AttributeError: 'InputWrapper' object has no attribute 'seek'

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Ran 3 tests in 0.303s

FAILED (errors=1)

test_functional.py

import unittest

class FunctionalTests(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        from testweb import main
        app = main({})
        from webtest import TestApp
        self.testapp = TestApp(app)

    def test_post(self):
        """ Test a post request with a str set to the request body using app.post. """
        from StringIO import StringIO
        res = self.testapp.post('/test-post', 'this-is-a-test', status=200)
        self.failUnless('test-response' in res.body)

    def test_request_post(self):
        """ Test a post request with a str set to the request body using app.request. """
        from StringIO import StringIO
        res = self.testapp.request('/test-post', method="POST", status=200, body=b'this-is-a-test')
        self.failUnless('test-response' in res.body)

views.py

from pyramid.view import view_config


@view_config(route_name='home', renderer='templates/mytemplate.pt')
def my_view(request):
    return {'project': 'testweb'}


@view_config(route_name='test-post', renderer='string')
def test_post(request):
    assert request.body == 'this-is-a-test'
    return 'test-response'