Re: User.objects.get() doesn't return anything in unit test.

On 11/03/2012, at 4:30 PM, RM wrote:

> When my django test case executes, I'm testing my code's ability to
> create a new user. But when I use the User.objects.get() method the
> user isn't found. The view being tested actually creates users (I
> checked it in the browser), but how do I write a test that verifies
> it?
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> from django.contrib.auth.models import User
> from django.test import TestCase
> from django.test.client import Client
>
> class AccountTest(TestCase):
> def test_create_user(self):
> name = 'Kodos'
> pw = 'password'
> c = Client()
> response = c.post(path='', data={'create_user_name': name,
> 'create_password': pw})
> self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
> self._assert(User.objects.get(username=name) is not None)
>

This code snippet suggests to me that you're not testing what you think you're testing.

If the "response.status_code == 200" test is passing, then this indicates that the view is *failing*, not succeeding, to create a user. Normal Django views that create or edit an object will return a 302 redirection on success.

It's also a little suspect that you've POSTing to '' for a "Create user" view. I wouldn't expect to see a "Create user" view deployed at the root URL; I'd expect something like '/user/create/'.

What I suspect is happening: You've got a normal homepage deployed at the root URL, which doesn't do any GET/POST checks. You're POSTing to that URL, the POST data is being ignored, and the homepage is being returned. This returns successfully (with a 200), but obviously doesn't result in the creation of a new user.

Yours,
Russ Magee %-)

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