Django views testing , RequestFactory with data

Question

I have this view:

def send_results(request):
    print request
    if request.is_ajax():
        address = request.POST.get('url')
    process_data(address)
    context = get_all_from_database()
    return HttpResponse(json.dumps(context), content_type='application/json')

and I need to test it:

    def test_send_results(self):
        factory = RequestFactory()
        request = factory.get('/views/send_results')
        response = send_results(request)
        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)

But it always stop with error that in my view 'address' value is referensed before asignment. How to pass it some value ?

Answer 1

If the request.is_ajax() is False then address will not be assigned before process_data(address) is called. If you want to test an AJAX request then you should pass the HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH header:

request = factory.get('/views/send_results', HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH='XMLHttpRequest')

However you'll still need to fix your view to handle the case when the request is not an AJAX request.