Why don't my Django unittests know that MessageMiddleware is installed?

Question

I\'m working on a Django project and am writing unittests for it. However, in a test, when I try and log a user in, I get this error:

MessageFailure: You can         


        

Answer 1

If you're seeing a problem in your Middleware, then you're not doing "Unit Test". Unit tests test a unit of functionality. If you interact with other parts of your system, you're making something called "integration" testing.

You should try to write better tests, and this kind of problems shouldn't arise. Try RequestFactory. ;)

def test_some_view(self):
    factory = RequestFactory()
    user = get_mock_user()
    request = factory.get("/my/view")
    request.user = user
    response = my_view(request)
    self.asssertEqual(status_code, 200)

Answer 2

Tests create custom (tests) database. Maybe you have no messages there or something... Maybe you need setUp() fixtures or something?

Need more info to answer properly.

Why not simply do something like ? You sure run tests in debug mode right?

# settings.py
DEBUG = True

from django.conf import settings
# where message is sent:
if not settings.DEBUG:
    # send your message ... 

Answer 3

Do you only have one settings.py?