Is there any way to get the default domain of Client() in unittest of Django?

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I would like to get the default domain name of Client() in Django unittests. I saw a way to change the default one. But didn't find a way to get the default domain name.

Assuming you have an instance of `Client()` called `client`, does `client.environ['SERVER_NAME']` contain what you want? — ChrisGPT was on strike, Jan 04 '16 at 12:37

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 04 '16 at 15:14

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The default domain name for Django's test client is testserver. It's hardcoded in the RequestFactory base class.

If you want to change the domain for the specific request, you can just pass it as the kwarg:

self.client.get('/some-path', SERVER_NAME="anotherdomain.com")

answered Jan 04 '16 at 15:14

Alex Morozov

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Ah, I get it. Anyway, please consider marking this answer as accepted, as it answers the exact question you've asked: the default domain of Django's test `Client()`. Or rephrase your initial question so that your own answer gets in line with it. – Alex Morozov Jan 10 '16 at 19:23

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 05 '16 at 06:19

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I just tried https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/topics/testing/tools/#liveservertestcase

The default test URL will be http://localhost:8082 and we can request to the same while running tests. And its working for me.

answered Jan 05 '16 at 06:19

Vipul Vishnu av

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Sure, but your question was about the domain name in the `Client` class, not about the bind port of the `LiveServerTestCase`. That's a completely different thing. – Alex Morozov Jan 05 '16 at 13:43
Yes you are right . Actually I needed to run the test locally and send requests manually to the urls. LiveServerTestCase returns me the uri by self.live_server_url – Vipul Vishnu av Jan 06 '16 at 05:28

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 16 '22 at 18:55

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is this the (pytest) answer you are looking for?

@pytest.fixture()
def client() -> "django.test.client.Client":
    """like the default pytest client with a new domain name."""
    skip_if_no_django()
    return Client(SERVER_NAME = 'my-server.com')

answered Feb 16 '22 at 18:55

George

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Is there any way to get the default domain of Client() in unittest of Django?

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