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Aaron Lelevier
Aaron Lelevier

Reputation: 20810

using APITestCase with django-rest-framework

I followed this code:

from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
from rest_framework import status
from rest_framework.test import APITestCase

class AccountTests(APITestCase):
    def test_create_account(self):
        """
        Ensure we can create a new account object.
        """
        url = reverse('account-list')
        data = {'name': 'DabApps'}
        response = self.client.post(url, data, format='json')
        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
        self.assertEqual(response.data, data)

Found in the django-rest-framewok docs here:

DRF API-guide: Testing example

I created a single Model with a single field name, and I am still getting a "bad request 400 error". The view and reverse name is also set up correctly, and I have manually tested viewing the URL with success. I don't have Authentication enabled

And can't figure out if I am missing a step?

Does anyone have a working example of a django-rest-framework APITestCase create model object test code snippet?

Upvotes: 18

Views: 26873

Answers (2)

Faiz
Faiz

Reputation: 623

It could be a JSON decode error.

In the line self.client.post(url, data, format='json') use json.dumps(data) and try.

Upvotes: 1

Aaron Lelevier
Aaron Lelevier

Reputation: 20810

This GIT repo has several working examples, which I was able to follow and get APITestCase working:

django-rest-framework-oauth2-provider-example/apps/users/tests.py

Upvotes: 22

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