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Django Test Client not working with Database calls

I'm using the django.test.Client to write tests for django's views

In the Django's view:

usr = User.objects.get(id=2)

It does not returns the User object, instead raises error ObjectDoesNotExist.

In dbshell same query works fine.

What's the catch here ?

Solution

  • Create a user in either the setUp() method of the TestCase, or add one in a fixture. Here's the setUp() version:

    class YourTestCase(TestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        self.user = User.objects.create(
            username='someuser',
            email='[email protected]',
            password='password'
        )

    def test_your_code(self):
        # now you can look it up
        user = User.objects.get(username='someuser')
        self.assertEqual(user.email, '[email protected]')