There is one more way you could do it
class TestIndexPageLoad(TestCase): def setUp(self): self.client = Client() self.response = self.client.get('/') def test_check_response(self): self.assertTemplateUsed(self.response, 'index.html') Regards, Chetan Ganji +91-900-483-4183 ganji.che...@gmail.com http://ryucoder.in On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 1:56 AM Chetan Ganji <ganji.che...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would prefer to just check the status code of the response object. > This is what I have done. You have to check if it works for forms with > csrf_token or not. > > > class TestReverseUrls(TestCase): > > def setUp(self): > self.client = Client() > self.reverseUrls = ['index', 'login', 'register'] > self.response = {url:self.client.get(reverse(url)) for url in self > .reverseUrls} > > def test_reverse_urls(self): > for url in self.reverseUrls: > self.assertEqual(self.response[url].status_code, 200) > > > > Regards, > Chetan Ganji > +91-900-483-4183 > ganji.che...@gmail.com > http://ryucoder.in > > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 12:57 AM Aldian Fazrihady <mob...@aldian.net> > wrote: > >> There are several things you can try: >> 1. Mocking csrf token functions >> 2. Passing the csrf token context from first HTML generation to the >> second HTML generation >> 3. Wiping out the csrf token parts from both HTML before comparing them. >> >> On Thu, 28 Mar 2019, 23:54 Simon Charette, <charett...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> This is effectively failing because of a mechanism added in 1.10 to >>> protect >>> against BREACH attacks[0] by salting the CSRF token. >>> >>> I'm not aware of any way to disable this mechanism but testing against >>> the >>> exact HTML returned from a view seems fragile. >>> >>> I suggest you use assertContains[1] (with or without html=True) and >>> assertTemplateUsed[2] instead. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Simon >>> >>> [0] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/ref/csrf/#how-it-works >>> [1] >>> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/topics/testing/tools/#django.test.SimpleTestCase.assertContains >>> [2] >>> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/topics/testing/tools/#django.test.SimpleTestCase.assertTemplateUsed >>> >>> Le jeudi 28 mars 2019 12:16:43 UTC-4, OnlineJudge95 a écrit : >>>> >>>> Hi people, >>>> >>>> I am following the book Test-Driven Development with Python >>>> <https://www.amazon.in/Test-Driven-Development-Python-Selenium-JavaScript/dp/1491958707> >>>> by >>>> *Harry J.W. Perceval.* The book is using Django version 1.7 which is >>>> outdated as of now so I started with version 2.1. >>>> >>>> I am trying to unit test my index view. One unit-test that I have >>>> written is testing whether the index view returns correct HTML or not by >>>> comparing the input received through >>>> django.template.loader.render_to_string >>>> the unit-test fail with the following traceback >>>> python manage.py test >>>> Creating test database for alias 'default'... >>>> .System check identified no issues (0 silenced). >>>> F. >>>> ====================================================================== >>>> FAIL: test_index_view_returns_correct_html (lists.tests.IndexViewTest) >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>>> File "tests.py", line 24, in test_index_view_returns_correct_html >>>> self.assertEqual(expected_html, actual_html) >>>> AssertionError: '<!DO[263 >>>> chars]lue="BJMT1b9fxuXOGugp00SDypeTYZxvlmc6KtBSYMDon[198 chars]l>\n' != >>>> '<!DO[263 chars]lue="R05ZiWMASEWMurA8Rdo8bnA0mTwqFTqA0KUYfxgJI[198 >>>> chars]l>\n' >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Ran 3 tests in 0.006s >>>> >>>> FAILED (failures=1) >>>> Destroying test database for alias 'default'... >>>> >>>> Process finished with exit code 1 >>>> >>>> >>>> It was clear that the csrf token is causing the test to fail. Is there >>>> any way to test it, or should it be tested? I ask this as when I changed my >>>> Django version to 1.7, the tests were passing, even after giving the csrf >>>> token field in the form. I tried going through the changelogs but 1.7 is >>>> far behind (beginner here). Please find the code snippets, directory >>>> structure provided below. >>>> >>>> >>>> *lists/views.py* >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *from django.http import HttpResponsefrom django.shortcuts import render# >>>> Create your views here.def index(request): if request.method == 'POST': >>>> return HttpResponse(request.POST['item_text']) return >>>> render(request, 'index.html')* >>>> >>>> >>>> *lists/test.py* >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *from django.http import HttpRequestfrom django.template.loader import >>>> render_to_stringfrom django.test import TestCasefrom django.urls import >>>> resolvefrom lists.views import index# Create your tests here.class >>>> IndexViewTest(TestCase): def >>>> test_root_url_resolves_to_home_page_view(self): [...] def >>>> test_index_view_returns_correct_html(self): request = HttpRequest() >>>> response = index(request) actual_html = >>>> response.content.decode() expected_html = >>>> render_to_string('index.html', request=request) >>>> self.assertEqual(expected_html, actual_html) def >>>> test_index_view_can_save_a_post_request(self): [...]requirements.txt* >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *Django==2.1.7pytz==2018.9selenium==3.141.0urllib3==1.24.* >>>> *settings.py* >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *[...]# Application definitionINSTALLED_APPS = [ >>>> 'django.contrib.admin', 'django.contrib.auth', >>>> 'django.contrib.contenttypes', 'django.contrib.sessions', >>>> 'django.contrib.messages', 'django.contrib.staticfiles', 'lists',][...]* >>>> *Directory Structure* >>>> >>>> [image: Screen Shot 2019-03-28 at 9.36.56 PM.png] >>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Django users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/7f0f12be-fc3e-43c3-ba07-e48158def051%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/7f0f12be-fc3e-43c3-ba07-e48158def051%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAN7EoAb8Ov7GXZXV7Eao%3Dj_-w4bKKG75ebF0fnjbTzHO%2BxmB%3DA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAN7EoAb8Ov7GXZXV7Eao%3Dj_-w4bKKG75ebF0fnjbTzHO%2BxmB%3DA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. 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