Question

I am using django_nose to run my tests. I have a fixture initial_data.json which is an app’s folder : my_app/fixtures/initial.json.

The fixture loads fine when using python manage.py syncdb, but doesn’t load at all when running the tests python manage.py test my_app (while I guess it should load !?). Any pointer to what could be wrong ?

Answer 1

I quote the official documentation:

Once you’ve created a fixture and placed it in a fixtures directory in one of your INSTALLED_APPS, you can use it in your unit tests by specifying a fixtures class attribute on your django.test.TestCase subclass:

from django.test import TestCase
from myapp.models import Animal

class AnimalTestCase(TestCase):
    fixtures = ['mammals.json', 'birds']

    def setUp(self):
        # Test definitions as before.
        call_setup_methods()

    def testFluffyAnimals(self):
        # A test that uses the fixtures.
        call_some_test_code()