tests.py

from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
from django.template.defaultfilters import force_escap
from django.test import TestCase

from myapp.models import MyModel


class MyViewTests(TestCase):
    fixtures = ["users"]

    def setUp(self):
        self.superuser = User.objects.get(username="superman")
        self.form_dict = {
            "name": "Skynet",
            "description": "Where is John Conner?",
        }

    def login_user(self):
        self.assertTrue(
            self.client.login(username=self.superuser.username,
                password="kryptonite"))

    def test_list_view(self):
        self.login_user()
        url = reverse("myapp:list")
        response = self.client.get(url)
        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
        self.assertContains(response, "MyModel list")
        self.assertTemplateUsed(response, "myapp/list.html")

    def test_create_view(self):
        self.login_user()
        url = reverse("myapp:add")
        response = self.client.get(url)
        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
        self.assertTemplateUsed(response, "myapp/form.html")

        response = self.client.post(url, self.form_dict, follow=True)
        self.assertContains(
            response,
            force_escape("MyModel 'Skynet' was created.")
        )
        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
        self.assertRedirects(response, reverse("myapp:list"))
        self.assertTemplateUsed(response, "myapp/list.html")

users.json

[
    {
        "pk": 1, 
        "model": "auth.user", 
        "fields": {
            "username": "superman", 
            "first_name": "Clark", 
            "last_name": "Kent", 
            "is_active": true, 
            "is_superuser": true, 
            "is_staff": true, 
            "last_login": "2011-09-19 16:58:02", 
            "groups": [], 
            "user_permissions": [], 
            "password": "sha1$d8e15$48bfad57377f9c7f3e3b09e5ff6f7e6c3ac42386", 
            "email": "ckent@dailybugle.com", 
            "date_joined": "2011-09-19 16:57:50"
        }
    }
]