Integration testing DRF

Question

I'm using Django with DRF as just an API--it doesn't serve any FE assets of any kind. I know the Django testing suite is built on the Python native unittest library and plan on using it for unit testing.

• When it comes to integration testing, is it sufficient or should something like Behave be used?
• If unittest is sufficient, should it be used in conjunction with some kind of faker?

Answer 1

If you want to test the API contract, you need:

• to read the relevant documentation
• have a way to generate models you need. My advice is to use factory-boy.

This setup will test your urlconfs, views, serializers and to some extent your models, without the need for real server and without the need to mock API responses.