Django's self.client.login(...) does not work in unit tests
- by thebossman
I have created users for my unit tests in two ways:
1) Create a fixture for "auth.user" that looks roughly like this:
{
"pk": 1,
"model": "auth.user",
"fields": {
"username": "homer",
"is_active": 1,
"password":
"sha1$72cd3$4935449e2cd7efb8b3723fb9958fe3bb100a30f2",
...
}
}
I've left out the seemingly unimportant parts.
2) Use 'create_user' in the setUp function (although I'd rather keep
everything in my fixtures class):
def setUp(self):
User.objects.create_user('homer', '[email protected]', 'simpson')
Note that the password is simpson in both cases.
I've verified that this info is correctly being loaded into the test database time and time again. I can grab the User object using User.objects.get. I can verify the password is correct using 'check_password.' The user is active.
Yet, invariably, self.client.login(username='homer', password='simpson') FAILS. I'm baffled as to why. I think I've read every single Internet discussion pertaining to this. Can anybody help?
The login code in my unit test looks like this:
login = self.client.login(username='homer', password='simpson')
self.assertTrue(login)
Thanks.
