Document how to use request.user with RequestFactory

[michel@…]

I had a lot of problems finding out why I cannot use request.user in my tests while using RequestFactory.

this line in the documentation (​https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/topics/testing/#the-request-factory) seems to say it:

It does not support middleware. Session and authentication attributes must be supplied by the test itself if required for the view to function properly.

But it would be nice to have an example with a user added, like:

class TestCaseWithUser(TestCase):

def setUp(self):

# Every test needs access to the request factory.
self.factory = RequestFactory()
self.client = Client()
self.user_foo = User.objects.create_user('foo', 'foo@…', 'bar')

def tearDown(self):

# Delete those objects that are saved in setup
self.user_foo.delete()

def test_request_user(self):

self.client.login( username='foo', password='bar')
request = self.factory.post('/my/url/', {"somedata": "data"})
# add a user so in the view to test request.user works
request.user = self.user_foo
nt.assert_equal(request.user,self.user_foo)

[Susan Tan]

See ​https://github.com/django/django/pull/1319/files for PR. I edited the given doc patch. Please code review. Thanks.

[Tim Graham <timograham@…>]

In 067e0424ce8a0e15e2faac3f9f9fabe9b7667c72:

Fixed #20609 -- Documented how to use request.user with RequestFactory

Thanks michel@ for the suggestion.

[Tim Graham <timograham@…>]

In 75041d5ea3821912abf8b9d1cd5477228a78cb23:

[1.6.x] Fixed #20609 -- Documented how to use request.user with RequestFactory

Thanks michel@ for the suggestion.

Backport of 067e0424ce from master.

[Tim Graham <timograham@…>]

In 583f340d7dd52c6182530fd4ca798d01c4d93609:

[1.5.x] Fixed #20609 -- Documented how to use request.user with RequestFactory

Thanks michel@ for the suggestion.

Backport of 75041d5ea3 from stable/1.5.x.

[Nicolas Bouliane]

This is not sufficient. This still breaks when you need to test requests where there is no authenticated user.

[Tim Graham <timograham@…>]

In a39df37049c6b708924eed1521963929e0694b0c:

Fixed #20609 -- Added instructions for using AnonymousUser with RequestFactory.

[Tim Graham <timograham@…>]

In 417923c69ee93f1737517156b13beaefc81f1e0e:

[1.7.x] Fixed #20609 -- Added instructions for using AnonymousUser with RequestFactory.

Backport of a39df37049 from master