add async_client and async_rf fixtures (#865)

docs/helpers.rst

@@ -135,6 +135,28 @@ Example
         response = my_view(request)
         assert response.status_code == 200
 
+.. fixture:: async_rf
+
+``async_rf`` - ``AsyncRequestFactory``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+An instance of a `django.test.AsyncRequestFactory`
+
+.. _django.test.AsyncRequestFactory: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/topics/testing/advanced/#asyncrequestfactory
+
+Example
+"""""""
+
+::
+
+    from myapp.views import my_view
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_details(async_rf):
+        request = await async_rf.get('/customer/details')
+        response = my_view(request)
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+
 .. fixture:: client
 
 ``client`` - ``django.test.Client``
@@ -168,6 +190,25 @@ To use `client` as an authenticated standard user, call its
         response = client.get('/private')
         assert response.content == 'Protected Area'
 
+.. fixture:: async_client
+
+``async_client`` - ``django.test.AsyncClient``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+An instance of a `django.test.AsyncClient`
+
+.. _django.test.AsyncClient: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/topics/testing/tools/#the-test-client
+
+Example
+"""""""
+
+::
+
+    @pytest.mark.asyncio
+    async def test_with_async_client(async_client):
+        response = await async_client.get('/')
+        assert response.content == 'Foobar'
+
 .. fixture:: admin_client
 
 ``admin_client`` - ``django.test.Client`` logged in as admin
@@ -235,7 +276,7 @@ This fixture will ensure the Django database is set up.  Only
 required for fixtures that want to use the database themselves.  A
 test function should normally use the :func:`pytest.mark.django_db`
 mark to signal it needs the database. This fixture does
-not return a database connection object. When you need a Django 
+not return a database connection object. When you need a Django
 database connection or cursor, import it from Django using
 ``from django.db import connection``.
 

pytest_django/fixtures.py

@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@
     "django_user_model",
     "django_username_field",
     "client",
+    "async_client",
     "admin_client",
     "rf",
+    "async_rf",
     "settings",
     "live_server",
     "_live_server_helper",
@@ -261,6 +263,16 @@ def client():
     return Client()
 
 
+@pytest.fixture()
+def async_client():
+    """A Django test async client instance."""
+    skip_if_no_django()
+
+    from django.test.client import AsyncClient
+
+    return AsyncClient()
+
+
 @pytest.fixture()
 def django_user_model(db):
     """The class of Django's user model."""
@@ -322,6 +334,16 @@ def rf():
     return RequestFactory()
 
 
+@pytest.fixture()
+def async_rf():
+    """AsyncRequestFactory instance"""
+    skip_if_no_django()
+
+    from django.test.client import AsyncRequestFactory
+
+    return AsyncRequestFactory()
+
+
 class SettingsWrapper:
     _to_restore = []
 

pytest_django/plugin.py

@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@
 from .fixtures import _live_server_helper  # noqa
 from .fixtures import admin_client  # noqa
 from .fixtures import admin_user  # noqa
+from .fixtures import async_client  # noqa
 from .fixtures import client  # noqa
 from .fixtures import db  # noqa
 from .fixtures import django_user_model  # noqa
 from .fixtures import django_username_field  # noqa
 from .fixtures import live_server  # noqa
 from .fixtures import django_db_reset_sequences  # noqa
+from .fixtures import async_rf  # noqa
 from .fixtures import rf  # noqa
 from .fixtures import settings  # noqa
 from .fixtures import transactional_db  # noqa

tests/test_fixtures.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from django.utils.encoding import force_str
 
 from pytest_django_test.app.models import Item
+from pytest_django.lazy_django import get_django_version
 
 
 @contextmanager
@@ -36,6 +37,13 @@ def test_client(client):
     assert isinstance(client, Client)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(get_django_version() < (3, 1), reason="Django >= 3.1 required")
+def test_async_client(async_client):
+    from django.test.client import AsyncClient
+
+    assert isinstance(async_client, AsyncClient)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_admin_client(admin_client):
     assert isinstance(admin_client, Client)
@@ -73,6 +81,13 @@ def test_rf(rf):
     assert isinstance(rf, RequestFactory)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(get_django_version() < (3, 1), reason="Django >= 3.1 required")
+def test_async_rf(async_rf):
+    from django.test.client import AsyncRequestFactory
+
+    assert isinstance(async_rf, AsyncRequestFactory)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 def test_django_assert_num_queries_db(request, django_assert_num_queries):
     with nonverbose_config(request.config):