From 840e97ab018ef0901fe4731d7502a7e2baf6546b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benjamin Wohlwend Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 14:51:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] [1.8.x] Refs #24622 -- Documented alternatives to some test response attributes when using alternative template engines. Backport of 2b9eed41fa26537d1af4f818c6e4296ce3305b01 from master --- docs/topics/testing/tools.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt index bda519d31ca..315cccad739 100644 --- a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt +++ b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt @@ -436,6 +436,14 @@ Specifically, a ``Response`` object has the following attributes: >>> response.context['name'] 'Arthur' + .. admonition:: Not using Django templates? + + This attribute is only populated when using the + :class:`~django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates` backend. + If you're using another template engine, + :attr:`~django.template.response.SimpleTemplateResponse.context_data` + may be a suitable alternative on responses with that attribute. + .. attribute:: request The request data that stimulated the response. @@ -460,6 +468,15 @@ Specifically, a ``Response`` object has the following attributes: loaded from a file. (The name is a string such as ``'admin/index.html'``.) + .. admonition:: Not using Django templates? + + This attribute is only populated when using the + :class:`~django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates` backend. + If you're using another template engine, + :attr:`~django.template.response.SimpleTemplateResponse.template_name` + may be a suitable alternative if you only need the name of the + template used for rendering. + .. attribute:: resolver_match .. versionadded:: 1.8