Override Django cache settings in tests

Question

I'm using Django DummyCache in my tests, however, there are a few tests which relay on real caching so using fake caching is not good here.

Is there a clean way to override the general Django settings for a certain module or scope? Preferably using a Python decorator.

I'm using Django version 1.8.4.

Answer 1

Take a look at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/topics/testing/tools/#overriding-settings You can use decorator override_settings

from django.test import TestCase, override_settings

class MyTestCase(TestCase):

    @override_settings(CACHES=...)
    def test_something(self):
        ....