django web app testing - django

Question

I have the following in tests.py.
def setUp(self):
self.client = Client()
self.client.get('/homepage',{'join':'NPO2','siteid':1450})
self.client.session.save()
self.oraganisation_list = ['NPO1','NPO2','NPO3']
self.pay_recursion_list = ['annual','monthly','bi-annual','quarter']
def test_paytermpage(self):
for org in self.organisation_list:
response = self.client.get('',{'join':org,'siteid':1450})
self.failUnlessEqual(response.status_code,200)
self.assertTemplateUsed(response,'some.html')
def test_infopage(self):
for term in self.pay_recurstion_list:
response = self.client.post('',{'pay-term':term,'submit':'payterm'})
self.failUnlessEqual(response.status_code,200)
test_infopage() is failing and here is the traceback.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/var/lib/django/bsdata/shoppingcart/tests.py", line 50, in test_infopage
response = self.client.post('',{'pay-term':term,'submit':'payterm'})
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/django/test/client.py", line 313, in post
response = self.request(**r)
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 92, in get_response
response = callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
File "/var/lib/django/.../views.py", line 22, in start
term,costdict,webobj = costInfo(request)
File "/var/lib/django/...views.py", line 238, in getCostInfo
cost_dict = Site.objects.getDict(request.session['siteid'])
File "/var/lib/django/.../managers.py", line 16, in getLoadedDict
siteobj = Site.objects.get(pk=agent)
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/django/db/models/manager.py", line 120, in get
return self.get_query_set().get(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/django/db/models/query.py", line 305, in get
% self.model._meta.object_name)
DoesNotExist: Site matching query does not exist.
I did debug to see what value 'agent' in siteobj = Site.objects.get(pk=agent) is getting its a valid integer.
Surprisingly both of them are working when tested from shell like this
setup_test_environment()
client = Client()
client.get('/shoppingcart',{'join':'NPO1','siteid':1450})
client.session.save()
oraganisation_list = ['NPO1','NPO2','NPO3']
pay_recursion_list = ['annual','monthly','bi-annual','quarter']
for org in oraganisation_list:
response = client.get('',{'join':org,'siteid':1450})
TestCase.failUnlessEqual(t,response.status_code,200)
for term in pay_recursion_list:
response = client.post('',{'pay-term':term,'submit':'payterm'})
TestCase.failUnlessEqual(t,response.status_code,200)
Sorry for too much info,didn't know how to explain better.
Any ideas would be highly helpful for this newbie. Thanks.

Answer 1

The Django test runner uses a different database than your production data. If your site requires a Site to exist, you should either add it in your Test setUp, or you should require a fixture that loads the site.

Answer 2

Try putting "SITE_ID = 1" in your settings. This is part of the sites framework.