from django.contrib.staticfiles.utils import check_settings from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured from django.test import SimpleTestCase, override_settings class CheckSettingsTests(SimpleTestCase): @override_settings(DEBUG=True, MEDIA_URL="static/media/", STATIC_URL="static/") def test_media_url_in_static_url(self): msg = "runserver can't serve media if MEDIA_URL is within STATIC_URL." with self.assertRaisesMessage(ImproperlyConfigured, msg): check_settings() with self.settings(DEBUG=False): # Check disabled if DEBUG=False. check_settings()