Django rest framework test does not create instances in test database - django

Question

I'm having an issue in DRF tests when creating instance of a model, the status code in response is 'HTTP_201_CREATED' but the instance it self does not exist in the testing db.
here is my model :
class Item(SafeDeleteModel):
owner = models.ForeignKey(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, on_delete=models.CASCADE, verbose_name=_("Owner"))
name = models.CharField(_("Name"), max_length=150)
category = TreeForeignKey('merssis.ItemCategory', on_delete=models.SET_NULL, null=True, verbose_name=_("Category"))
fixed_price = models.FloatField(_("Fixed price"), default=0)
main_pic = ProcessedImageField(verbose_name=_("Main picture"), upload_to='item_pics', processors=[ItemWatermarker()],format='JPEG')
main_pic_thumbnail = ImageSpecField(source='main_pic',
processors=[ResizeToFill(384, 256)],
format='JPEG',
options={'quality': 100})
geo_location = models.PointField(srid=4326, null=True, blank=True, verbose_name=_("Geolocation"))
_safedelete_policy = SOFT_DELETE_CASCADE
def __str__(self):
return self.name
Serializer :
class ItemCreateSerializer(GeoFeatureModelSerializer):
PRICE_TYPE_CHOICES = (
('fixed', _('Fixed') ),
('open', _('Open') ),
)
owner = serializers.HiddenField(default=serializers.CurrentUserDefault())
price_type = serializers.ChoiceField(choices=PRICE_TYPE_CHOICES)
category = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(queryset=ItemCategory.objects.all(), many=False)#ItemCategorySerializer(many=False)
main_pic = serializers.ImageField(use_url='item_pics')
def validate(self, data):
user = self.context['request'].user
geo_data = data.get('geo_location')
#Validate fixed price value
if data['price_type'] == 'fixed':
if data.get('fixed_price') == None or int(data.get('fixed_price')) <= 0:
raise serializers.ValidationError({"fixed_price" :INVALIDE_PRICE_ERROR})
#Price type is open should explicitly set fixed price to 0
if data['price_type'] == 'open':
data['fixed_price'] = 0
#Validate geo_location
#geo_location post data form ====> {"type":"Point", "coordinates":[37.0625,-95.677068]}
if geo_data:
if not validate_in_country_location(user, geo_data):
raise serializers.ValidationError({"geo_location":OUTSIDE_COUNTRY_MSG})
return data
def create(self, validated_data):
#Remove price_type value since it is not a field in the model
#We used to determine th price type on the serializer only
validated_data.pop('price_type')
return Item(**validated_data)
class Meta:
model = Item
geo_field = 'geo_location'
fields = ( 'owner',
'name',
'price_type',
'category',
'fixed_price',
'main_pic',
'geo_location',
)
The view :
class ItemCreateAPIView(CreateAPIView):
queryset = Item.objects.all()
serializer_class = ItemCreateSerializer
permission_classes = [permissions.IsAuthenticated]
def perform_create(self, serializer, *args, **kwargs):
self.check_object_permissions(self.request, self.request.user)
serializer.save()
The test case :
class ItemTestCase(APITestCase):
def test_create_new_item(self):
"""
Testing Add new item functionality
"""
self.client_1 = APIClient()
self.user_1 = create_new_user(email='tester1#gmail.com', username='tester_1', password='qsdf654654', gender='male')
self.client_1.login(username='tester_1',password='qsdf654654')
image_file = create_test_image()
category = ItemCategory.objects.create(name='SomeCat')
new_item_data = {
'name': 'New Item',
'price_type' : 'open',
'category': str(category.pk),
'main_pic': image_file,
}
response = self.client_1.post(url, new_item_data, format='multipart')
items = Item.objects.filter(name='New Item')
print(response.status_code)
self.assertEqual( response.status_code, status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
self.assertEqual( items.count(), 1)
and when i run the test i get '201' printed in console AND AssertionError: 0 != 1
i'm fvkin confused

Answer 1

In the serializer create() the object was never saved so change:
return Item(**validated_data)
to:
return Item.objects.create(**validated_data) # create the object