Testing Admin Views
A snippet showing how to test Django admin views.
# models.py
from django.db import models
class City(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=80)
# admin.py
from django.contrib import admin
from .models import City
@admin.register(City)
class CityAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
list_display = ("name",)
# tests/test_admin.py
from django.test import TestCase
from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
from django.urls import reverse
class AdminViewsTest(TestCase):
def setUp(self):
User = get_user_model()
self.user = User.objects.create_superuser("admin", "[email protected]", "pass")
self.client.login(username="admin", password="pass")
def test_changelist_loads(self):
url = reverse("admin:index")
res = self.client.get(url)
self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 200)
Explanation:
- Log in as a superuser to access Admin views in tests.
- Verify changelist, add, and change pages render.
- Category Testing
- Total Views 676
- Last Modified 15 March, 2026
- Tags #testing #admin #views #client
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