app_thru_webob.py

import json
import os

from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
from webob import Request

os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "mysite.settings")

application = get_wsgi_application()

for path in ["/polls/", "/polls/patch/"]:
    request = Request.blank(f"http://localhost{path}")
    response = request.get_response(application)

    try:
        print(response.json())
    except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError:
        print(response.text)