Adding test methods and utilities for class-based views #11
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Sets up and returns an instance of a class-based generic view without invoking Django's URL resolvers and middleware. Allows easy testing of custom view methods.
Using class instead of URL name.
instance.head() is set by Django for use by instance.dispatch(). Since this test class assumes you are not using as_view() or dispatch(), this assignment is not needed.
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Oops, forgot documentation. I'll add that soon. |
Fixing 'data' parameter default in CBVTestCase.post().
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For reference, CBVTestCase is based on my personal test suite with substantial input from this post by Benoît Bryon, and this Django pull request by Vincent Prouillet. |
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For generic view unit testing, rather than use MyClass.as_view(), CBVTestCase allows instantiation of a generic view class for testing class methods.
Django's generic View.as_view() invokes URL resolvers and middleware, both of which are often not needed for testing class methods. Use CBVTestCase.get_instance() to obtain an initialized instance of your class, then test the class methods as desired.
View.get() and .post() methods are provided for CBVs, and both work with existing django-test-plus TestCase assertion methods.