How to make my test fixtures loaded only while testing in Django?

Question

I have a Django project with production fixtures and testing fixtures. How to make testing fixtures loaded only while running tests?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 23 '14 at 11:05

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You just need to put it into fixtures property of your testcase class. Like this:

  class AnimalTestCase(TestCase):
      fixtures = ['mammals.json', 'birds']

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answered Dec 23 '14 at 11:05

Aldarund

But when I `./manage.py runserver` mamals and birds are also loaded. How to escape that? – Sashko Lykhenko Dec 23 '14 at 11:14
Ups, looks like they aren't. Besides when I `flush` database, only `initial_data.json` fixture is loaded. – Sashko Lykhenko Dec 23 '14 at 11:20
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Yes, only initital_data will be loaded automatically. You can still load mamals manually via management commend if you need it. – Aldarund Dec 23 '14 at 11:22

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