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Python Django Basics Test Time Test our Writer model

Arindam Roychowdhury
Arindam Roychowdhury
3,244 Points

I don't get why this is failing

I can't catch what is wrong here

articles/tests.py
from django.test import TestCase
from .models import Writer

class WriterModelTestCase(TestCase):
    '''Tests for the Writer model'''    

    def test_writer_email(self):
        writer = Writer.objects.create( name = 'Henry', email = 'henry@gmail.com', bio = 'Writer of Papillon' )    
        mail = writer.mailto()
        self.assertIn (writer.email , mail)
articles/models.py
from django.db import models


class Article(models.Model):
    headline = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    publish_date = models.DateTimeField()
    content = models.TextField()
    writer = models.ForeignKey('Writer')

    def __str__(self):
        return self.headline


class Writer(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    email = models.EmailField()
    bio = models.TextField()

    def __str__(self):
        return self.name

    def mailto(self):
        return '{} <{}>'.format(self.name, self.email)

1 Answer

Hi, I think I had this problem and solved it with this (but would also like to know why creating mail variable doesn't work)

from django.test import TestCase
from .models import Writer

class WriterModelTestCase(TestCase):
    '''Tests for the Writer model'''    

    def test_writer_email(self):
        writer = Writer.objects.create( name = 'Henry', email = 'henry@gmail.com', bio = 'Writer of Papillon' )
        self.assertIn (writer.email , writer.mailto())