[Django]-How do you upload a file from a form in a Django test through Client.post()?

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I have done this slightly differently in the past, using a file generated in the test case, without touching the filesystem:

    fake_file = ContentFile(b"Some file content")
    fake_file.name = 'myfile.xml'

    post_data = {
        'title': "Test document",
        'file': fake_file,
    }
    url = '/add/question/'+ str(self.subj1.id) +'/' + str(self.topc1.id) + '/'
    response = self.client.post(url, post_data)

Failing that, it’s important that you submit the form with content_type='multipart/form-data'. If you use self.client rather than Client then this is done automatically if you include a data argument. See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/topics/testing/tools/#django.test.Client.post

👤nimasmi

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