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Clarified the text and example describing the RequestFactory. Thanks to Alex for the feedback. 

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@ -1019,12 +1019,14 @@ The request factory
.. Class:: RequestFactory .. Class:: RequestFactory
The :class:`~django.test.client.RequestFactory` is a simplified .. versionadded:: 1.3
version of the test client that provides a way to generate a request
instance that can be used as the first argument to any view. This The :class:`~django.test.client.RequestFactory` shares the same API as
means you can test a view function the same way as you would test any the test client. However, instead of behaving like a browser, the
other function -- as a black box, with exactly known inputs, testing RequestFactory provides a way to generate a request instance that can
for specific outputs. be used as the first argument to any view. This means you can test a
view function the same way as you would test any other function -- as
a black box, with exactly known inputs, testing for specific outputs.
The API for the :class:`~django.test.client.RequestFactory` is a slightly The API for the :class:`~django.test.client.RequestFactory` is a slightly
restricted subset of the test client API: restricted subset of the test client API:
@ -1052,7 +1054,7 @@ The following is a simple unit test using the request factory::
self.factory = RequestFactory() self.factory = RequestFactory()
def test_details(self): def test_details(self):
# Issue a GET request. # Create a in instance of a GET request.
request = self.factory.get('/customer/details') request = self.factory.get('/customer/details')
# Test my_view() as if it were deployed at /customer/details # Test my_view() as if it were deployed at /customer/details