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Python Django Basics Test Time Django TDD

Nate Hawk
Nate Hawk
13,229 Points

Django Basics - Karaoke - code not passing tests in website and unable to migrate in workspace

My code does not appear to be passing the tests when I attempt a submission, I also cannot get to the testing process in the workspace because it keeps throwing this exception "AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'total_seconds' ".

I am not sure what happened, but I have been trying to fix this code for over a week now and it never seems to work for me. Before I changed some things 4/5 of the tests were failing all do to songs_song.length. Frustrating process so far.

songs/models.py
from django.db import models

class Performer(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=255)

    def __str__(self):
        return self.name


class Song(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    artist = models.CharField(max_length=255) 
    performer = models.ForeignKey(Performer)
    duration = models.IntegerField()

    def __str__(self):
        return '{} by {}'.format(self.title, self.artist)
songs/views.py
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.shortcuts import render, get_object_or_404
from .models import Song, Performer


def song_list(request):
    songs = Song.objects.all()
    return render(request, 'songs/song_list.html', {'songs': songs})


def song_detail(request, pk):
    song = get_object_or_404(Song, pk=pk)
    return render(request, 'songs/song_detail.html', {'song': 'song'})

def performer_detail(request, song_pk, performer_pk):
    performer = get_object_or_404(Performer, song_id=song_pk, pk=performer_pk)
    return render(request, 'songs/performer_detail.html', {'performer': performer})
songs/templates/songs/performer_detail.html
{% extends 'base.html' %}

{% block title %}{{ performer }}{% endblock %}

{% block content %}
<h2>{{ performer }}</h2>
<ul>
    {% for song in performer.song_set.all %}
        <li>{{ song }}</li>
    {% endfor %}
</ul>
{% endblock %}

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

The attribute 'total_seconds' is found on a timedelta object (see docs). The exception "AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'total_seconds'" could mean you have an int where a timedelta object should be.

Also, be aware that while the README.TXT mentions "duration" as an field of song, the test test_song_string (karaoke/songs/tests.py) uses length as the keyword attribute for the duration. Your model will need to updated to pass the test.

Nate Hawk
Nate Hawk
13,229 Points

I fixed it, looks like a) I needed to use length instead of duration, stubbornness on my part, and b) my performer_detail view needed to look like this:

def performer_detail(request, pk):
    performer = get_object_or_404(Performer, pk=pk)
    performer.song_set.all()
    return render(request, 'songs/performer_detail.html', {'performer': performer})

I was just missing the "performer.song_set.all()", however I never would have figured that out without looking at other peoples problems. I don't remember seeing anything about that in the course, so that is a little frustrating.

[MOD: added ```python markdown wrapper for formatting -cf]

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

Nate, great progress so far. Are you getting through all the test yet?

in looking at your song_detail view, you are passing the string 'song' in the context instead of the variable song. Making this fix will pass the test test_song_detail_view:

python manage.py test songs.tests.ViewTests.test_song_detail_view
Creating test database for alias 'default'...
.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 1 test in 0.092s

OK