testing admin.ModelAdmin in django

Question

I am trying to find out the best way for testing admin.ModelAdmin in admin.py. Specifically I am overriding the save_model() function whic

Answer 1

You can specify custom modelform for modeladmin then simply test this modelform ;)

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/contrib/admin/#django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.form

forms

class SomeModelForm(forms.ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = SomeModel

admin

class SomeModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    form = SomeModelForm


admin.site.register(SomeModel, SomeModelAdmin)

tests

class TestSomeModel(TestCase):
    def test_form(self):
        form = SomeModelForm(**kwargs)
        self.assertTrue(form.is_valid())
        # ...