How to use mock.patch() for Django request object?

Question

I am trying to overwrite HTTP_POST to certain string of a request object inside a view:

with patch('django.core.handlers.wsgi.WSGIRequest') as request:
    request.META = {'HTTP_HOST': 'www.abc.com'}
    resp = self.client.get('/')

But obviously it's not working since it's complaining HTTP_POST KeyError

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '22 at 16:29

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Rather than using a mock object, you should probably use django.test.client.RequestFactory to generate a request object.

edited Apr 13 '22 at 16:29

oxfn

answered Mar 31 '15 at 00:19

knbk

I don't have a particular view to test since this is a library, I just want to test the middleware, but looks like I might just test the middleware directly without going through the request – James Lin Mar 31 '15 at 00:21
You'd still need a `request` object. Another option is to simply use `django.http.request.HttpRequest`, which is easier to construct than a `WSGIRequest`. Both methods are specifically tailored to testing, and are frequently used throughout Django's test suite. – knbk Mar 31 '15 at 00:39

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