Django testing stored session data in tests

Question

I have a view as such:

def ProjectInfo(request):     if request.method == 'POST':         form = ProjectInfoForm(request.POST)         if form.is_valid():             # if form is valid, iterate cleaned form data             # and save data to session             for k, v in form.cleaned_data.iteritems():                 request.session[k] = v             return HttpResponseRedirect('/next/')         else:             ...     else:         ... 

And in my tests:

from django.test import TestCase, Client from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse from tool.models import Module, Model from django.contrib.sessions.models import Session  def test_project_info_form_post_submission(self):     """     Test if project info form can be submitted via post.     """     # set up our POST data     post_data = {         'zipcode': '90210',         'module': self.module1.name,         'model': self.model1.name,         'orientation': 1,         'tilt': 1,         'rails_direction': 1,     }     ...     self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)     # test if 'zipcode' in session is equal to posted value. 

So, where the last comment is in my test, I want to test if a specific value is in the session dict and that the key:value pairing is correct. How do I go about this? Can I use request.session?

Any help much appreciated.

Answer 1

According to the docs:

from django.test import TestCase  class SimpleTest(TestCase):     def test_details(self):         # Issue a GET request.         self.client.get('/customer/details/')         session = self.client.session         self.assertEqual(session["somekey"], "test")