django-webtest, user authentication and view decorators - django

Question

I'm using django-webtest (v1.5.6) to test a decorator is limiting access to a view to authenticated users.
My view is simply:
#active_account_required
def homepage(request):
return render(request, 'accounts/account_homepage.html', {
'user': request.user,
})
The active_account_required decorator is:
def active_account_required(function = None):
"""
Check the user is both logged in and has a valid, activated user account.
If a user tries to access a view protected by this decorator, they will be
redirected accordingly.
See http://passingcuriosity.com/2009/writing-view-decorators-for-django/
"""
def _dec(view_func):
def _view(request, *args, **kwargs):
if request.user.is_anonymous():
return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse_lazy('auth_login'))
if not request.user.get_profile().is_activated():
return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse_lazy('registration_activation_incomplete'))
return view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
_view.__name__ = view_func.__name__
_view.__dict__ = view_func.__dict__
_view.__doc__ = view_func.__doc__
return _view
if function is None:
return _dec
else:
return _dec(function)
My test method is
class AccountViewsTests(WebTest):
def test_activated_user_can_access_account_homepage(self):
"""
Test an activated user can access the account homepage
"""
user = G(User)
user.get_profile().datetime_activated = timezone.now()
res = self.app.get(reverse('account_homepage'), user = user)
pdb.set_trace()
self.assertTemplateUsed(res, 'accounts/account_homepage.html',
'Activated account did not access account homepage correctly')
(The user object is created using the G function from django-dynamic-fixture)
When running the test, the decorator is preventing access to the homepage view.
You can see I'm using pdb to inspect the objects. User is a valid user object that should pass all the tests in the active_account_required decorator:
(Pdb) user
<User: 2>
(Pdb) user.is_anonymous()
False
(Pdb) user.get_profile().is_activated()
True
Despite the user being correct, the response from self.app.get(reverse('account_homepage'), user = user) is a 302 redirect to the registration_activation_incomplete URL as per the decorator code:
(Pdb) res
<302 FOUND text/html location: http://localhost:80/accounts/registration/activate/incomplete/ no body>
It appears the user object is not being sent correctly in the WebTest request, but this matches the django-webtest documentation. I've also tried passing the user in by username as user='2' but get the same result.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

Oops - the problem is that I simply forgot to save my user profile after setting the activation timestamp!
Changing the test code to:
user = G(User)
user.get_profile().datetime_activated = timezone.now()
user.get_profile().save()
res = self.app.get(reverse('account_homepage'), user = user)
i.e. adding user.get_profile().save() got it working :)
Sorry for the noise.