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Python Django Basics Test Time View Tests

Richard Li
Richard Li
9,751 Points
Posted by Richard Li
Richard Li
9,751 Points

Testing Error courses.models.DoesNotExist: Course matching query does not exist.

here is my TestCase for step creation:

def test_step_creation(self):
        test = Step.objects.create(
            title='test',
            description='test',
            order=6,
            content='test',
            course=Course.objects.get(pk=1)
        )
        self.assertIn(test, Step.objects.all())

it will always through back an models.DoesNotExist

My assumptions is that TestCase doesn't have any real connection to the database thus the course ForeignKey query will always return Fail here.

Am I right?

if so then how to effectively test in this scenario? if not what is the problem?

Thanks!!!