The drf-api-action Python package is designed to elevate your testing experience for Django Rest Framework (DRF) REST endpoints.
With the api_action fixture, this package empowers you to effortlessly test your REST endpoints as if they were conventional functions.
Features:
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Simplified Testing: Testing DRF REST endpoints using the api_action plugin, treating them like regular functions.
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Seamless Integration: you don't need to do anything in existing server code.
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Easy Debugging: Instead of getting a response with error code by using default drf testing client
object , get the real traceback that led to the error.
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Pagination Support: Paginating easily through pages by using page
argument.
Installation
You can install drf-api-action
using pip:
pip install drf-api-action
Usage
To use drf-api-action
as a Pytest fixture, you need to follow these steps:
Step 1: Import your Viewsets explicitly:
import pytest
from tests.test_server.test_app.models import DummyModel
from tests.test_server.test_app.views import DummyViewSetFixture
Step 2: use the following action_api mark decorator:
@pytest.mark.api_action(view_set_class={YOUR VIEW_SET})
e.g:
our ViewSet is called DummyViewSetFixture
import pytest
from tests.test_server.test_app.views import DummyViewSetFixture
@pytest.mark.api_action(view_set_class=DummyViewSetFixture)
def test_call_as_api_fixture(db, api_action):
pass
Now you can use all DummyViewSetFixture
functionality!
Step 3: write your tests
e.g:
our ViewSet is called DummyViewSetFixture
import pytest
from tests.test_server.test_app.models import DummyModel
from tests.test_server.test_app.views import DummyViewSetFixture
@pytest.mark.api_action(view_set_class=DummyViewSetFixture)
def test_call_as_api_fixture(db, api_action):
dummy_model = DummyModel()
dummy_model.dummy_int = 1
dummy_model.save()
res = api_action.api_dummy(pk=1)
assert res["dummy_int"] == 1
Here as an example, the real exception and trace will be thrown, make it easy to understand what the issue is:
import pytest
from tests.test_server.test_app.views import DummyViewSetFixture
@pytest.mark.api_action(view_set_class=DummyViewSetFixture)
def test_dummy(db, api_action):
result = api_action.dummy(pk='bbb')
assert result['dummy_int'] == 1
tests/functionality_tests/test_as_api.py:11 (test_call_as_api)
self = <django.db.models.fields.BigAutoField: id>, value = 'bb'
def get_prep_value(self, value):
value = super().get_prep_value(value)
if value is None:
return None
try:
> return int(value)
E ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'bb'
../venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py:2053: ValueError
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
queryset = <QuerySet [<DummyModel: DummyModel object (1)>]>, filter_args = ()
filter_kwargs = {'pk': 'bb'}
def get_object_or_404(queryset, *filter_args, **filter_kwargs):
"""
Same as Django's standard shortcut, but make sure to also raise 404
if the filter_kwargs don't match the required types.
"""
try:
> return _get_object_or_404(queryset, *filter_args, **filter_kwargs)
../venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/rest_framework/generics.py:19:
....
....
...
Call endpoints with pagination:
@pytest.mark.api_action(view_set_class=DummyAPIViewSet)
def test_pagination_data(db, api_action):
for i in range(1, 3):
dummy_model = DummyModel()
dummy_model.dummy_int = 1
dummy_model.save()
response = api_action.by_dummy_int(dummy_int=1, page=1)
obj = response['results'][0]
assert obj['dummy_int'] == 1
assert extract_page_number(response['next']) == 2
response = api_action.by_dummy_int(dummy_int=1, page=2)
assert extract_page_number(response['previous']) == 1
assert extract_page_number(response['next']) is None
Package Testing
The drf-api-action
library includes tests to ensure the functionality works as expected. To run the tests run pytest
:
pytest
The tests will be executed, and the results will be displayed in the console.
Example
Example of using drf-api-action in a DRF project
Support & Contribution
For guidance on support & contribution, see the contributing guidelines.
Bug Report
For guidance on how to open a bug, see the bug report template.
Open an Issue
For guidance on how to open an issue, see the issue template.
Code Of Conduct
code of conduct.