Testing API endpoints in Django - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to import the Django test client.

Django

from django.test import [1]

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ARequestFactory

BTestCase

CClient

DSimpleTestCase

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Common Mistakes

Importing TestCase instead of Client

Using RequestFactory which is different from Client

Forgetting to import anything

The Django test client is imported from django.test as Client. It allows you to simulate requests to your API endpoints.

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medium

Complete the code to send a GET request to the '/api/items/' endpoint using the test client.

Django

client = Client()
response = client.[1]('/api/items/')

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Apost

Bget

Cput

Ddelete

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Common Mistakes

Using post instead of get for retrieving data

Using put or delete which modify data

Calling a method that does not exist on Client

The get method sends a GET request to the specified URL. This is used to retrieve data from the API endpoint.

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hard

Fix the error in the assertion to check if the response status code is 200.

Django

self.assertEqual(response.status_code, [1])

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A200

B404

C500

D201

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Common Mistakes

Using 201 which means created

Using 404 which means not found

Using 500 which means server error

The HTTP status code 200 means the request was successful. This is the expected status code for a successful GET request.

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hard

Fill both blanks to send a POST request with JSON data to '/api/items/'.

Django

response = client.post('/api/items/', [1], content_type=[2])

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A{'name': 'item1'}

B'application/json'

C'text/html'

D{'id': 1}

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Common Mistakes

Passing data as a string instead of a dictionary

Using wrong content type like 'text/html'

Not setting content_type at all

When sending JSON data in a POST request, you pass a dictionary as data and set content_type to 'application/json' so the server knows the data format.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to check if the response JSON contains the expected 'name' field.

Django

data = response.json()
self.assertEqual(data.get([1]), [2])
self.assertTrue([3] in data)

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A'name'

B'item1'

D'id'

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Common Mistakes

Using wrong keys like 'id'

Checking for keys that don't exist

Mixing up keys and values

We check that the JSON response has a key 'name' with value 'item1'. Also, we verify that the key 'name' exists in the data.