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Kintarō
Kintarō

Reputation: 3187

How to pass a form object in a request object in Django unit test?

Suppose I have an unit test which tests a view. That view requires a form to do some processing. My unit test looks like this:

class ViewTests(TestCase):
def setUp(self):
    self.factory = RequestFactory()

def test_login_view_post(self):
    # require form object to pass it in post function
    response = self.client.post(reverse('login'))
    self.assertContains(response, "Your username and password didn't match", status_code=200)

Can someone tell me that how can I pass the form object in the post function?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1468

Answers (1)

Ngenator
Ngenator

Reputation: 11269

You don't actually pass the form object in the post, you pass the form data as if the form was being submitted (which is what you are simulating)

post_data = {
    "username": "foo",
    "password": "bar"
}
response = self.client.post(reverse('login'), data=post_data)

Or you can simply include the form in another test and instantiate it with data to test its validity. 

def test_form(self):
    data = {
        "username": "foo",
        "password": "bar"
    }
    form = LoginForm(data)
    self.assertFalse(form.is_valid())

Upvotes: 3

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