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You can use this plugin that integrates pytest with Django:
https://pytest-django.readthedocs.org/en/latest/tutorial.html
The setup and changes to pytest.ini are described here:
http://www.johnmcostaiii.net/2013/django-projects-to-django-apps-converting-the-unit-tests/
You will find your example here starting from slide 57.
This deck will be useful in testing views as well as models and the settings specific to testing models: https://speakerdeck.com/pelme/testing-django-applications-with-py-dot-test-europython-2013
Specifically look at @pytest.mark.django_db helper documented here: http://pytest-django.readthedocs.org/en/latest/helpers.html
An example for allowing db access in a test also mentioned in the deck above is copied here. Without mark.django_db the test would fail.
import pytest
@pytest.mark.django_db
def test_user_count():
assert User.objects.count() == 0