From a39df37049c6b708924eed1521963929e0694b0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Graham Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:51:25 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #20609 -- Added instructions for using AnonymousUser with RequestFactory. --- docs/topics/testing/advanced.txt | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/topics/testing/advanced.txt b/docs/topics/testing/advanced.txt index cf50351a74..a0b84c2bf3 100644 --- a/docs/topics/testing/advanced.txt +++ b/docs/topics/testing/advanced.txt @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Example The following is a simple unit test using the request factory:: - from django.contrib.auth.models import User + from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser, User from django.test import TestCase, RequestFactory class SimpleTest(TestCase): @@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ The following is a simple unit test using the request factory:: # logged-in user by setting request.user manually. request.user = self.user + # Or you can simulate an anonymous user by setting request.user to + # an AnonymousUser instance. + request.user = AnonymousUser() + # Test my_view() as if it were deployed at /customer/details response = my_view(request) self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)