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Setting liveserver port when running tests in django

I am using django for a webapp and I'm using docker to deploy it. I need to test it in the container with selenium. I'm using selenium grid for testing. In order to connect with the liveserver on the docker, i need to port forward a specific port, but as far as i read in the django docs, LiveServerTestCase uses port 0, which means random port every time i run the tests. Since --liveserver options is deprecated, is there any other way to set the port of the test server or a smarter way to test it with selenium ?

Thanks in advance !

Solution

  • If anyone is wondering this is how I did it: Override method setUpClass, which starts the thread on which the server run

    @classmethod
def setUpClass(cls):
    cls.host = "example.com" # or ip
    cls.port = 12345
    super(ExampleTestCase, cls).setUpClass()