Django manage.py : Is it possible to pass command line argument (for unit testing)

Question

Is it possible to pass command line arguments to Django\'s manage.py script, specifically for unit tests? i.e. if I do something like

manage.py test         


        

Answer 1

As an alternative way to manage.py test -a do_this you can use specific settings file

manage.py --settings=project.test_settings test

and define in this file whatever you want.

# test_setting.py
SPECIFIC_OPTION = "test"

# tests.py
from django.conf import settings
...
def setUp(self):
    if settings.SPECIFIC_OPTION:
        ....

If you need really dynamic options, maybe you can use sys.argv in test_settings.py, but it is a really dirty hack.