Django Testing - check messages for a view that redirects

Question

I have been writing tests for one of my django applications and have been looking to get around this problem for quite some time now. I have a view that sends messages using

Answer 1

Alternative method mocking messages (doesn't need to follow redirect):

from mock import ANY, patch
from django.contrib import messages

@patch('myapp.views.messages.add_message')
def test_some_view(self, mock_add_message):
    r = self.client.get('/some-url/')
    mock_add_message.assert_called_once_with(ANY, messages.ERROR, 'Expected message.')  # or assert_called_with, assert_has_calls...