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How to access cookies in Django TestCase request and responses?

I have a view that sets a cookie using response.set_cookie method. I would like to test if the cookie is being set in a TestCase.

According to docs, the cookie should be accessible in the client object, but client.cookies.items returns an empty list. The cookie is being correctly set in the browser.

Test case:

>>> response = self.client.get(url)
>>> self.client.cookies.items()
[]

Any ideas?

Solution

  • You need to use the response's client instance:

    response = self.client.get(url)
response.client.cookies.items()