Test client POSTs unset data as False

[Aristotelis Mikropoulos]

In a test case, calling self.client.post(url) with no data to an empty (vanilla) CreateView of a dummy model sends boolean fields as False. That is, if this model has a single field foo = models.BooleanField(default=True) it is incorrectly created with a False foo. Trying the same with an external client (such as cURL) without declaring any POST data correctly puts a True foo in the newly created row in the database.

[Carlton Gibson]

Hiya. Can I ask you to put together a simple example please, including the test case, and the comparison cURL command?

There's too much that could be going on to know exactly where you think the issue could be. e.g. if you're going via a CheckboxInput a missing value leading to False is expected, which then makes the comparison with cURL interesting. (And so on...)

Thanks.

[Aristotelis Mikropoulos]

I found out this happens because the default way the test client sends data is as multipart data. I guess that concludes the issue. Thanks for your time.

[Carlton Gibson]

Thanks for the confirmation. 👍