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System check framework
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.. module:: django.core.checks
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The system check framework is a set of static checks for validating Django
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projects. It detects common problems and provides hints for how to fix them.
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The framework is extensible so you can easily add your own checks.
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Checks can be triggered explicitly via the :djadmin:`check` command. Checks are
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triggered implicitly before most commands, including :djadmin:`runserver` and
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:djadmin:`migrate`. For performance reasons, checks are not run as part of the
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WSGI stack that is used in deployment. If you need to run system checks on your
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deployment server, trigger them explicitly using :djadmin:`check`.
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Serious errors will prevent Django commands (such as :djadmin:`runserver`) from
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running at all. Minor problems are reported to the console. If you have inspected
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the cause of a warning and are happy to ignore it, you can hide specific warnings
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using the :setting:`SILENCED_SYSTEM_CHECKS` setting in your project settings file.
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A full list of all checks that can be raised by Django can be found in the
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:doc:`System check reference </ref/checks>`.
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Writing your own checks
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=======================
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The framework is flexible and allows you to write functions that perform
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any other kind of check you may require. The following is an example stub
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check function::
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from django.core.checks import Error, register
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@register()
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def example_check(app_configs, **kwargs):
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errors = []
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# ... your check logic here
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if check_failed:
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errors.append(
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Error(
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"an error",
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hint="A hint.",
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obj=checked_object,
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id="myapp.E001",
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)
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)
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return errors
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The check function *must* accept an ``app_configs`` argument; this argument is
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the list of applications that should be inspected. If ``None``, the check must
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be run on *all* installed apps in the project.
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The check will receive a ``databases`` keyword argument. This is a list of
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database aliases whose connections may be used to inspect database level
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configuration. If ``databases`` is ``None``, the check must not use any
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database connections.
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The ``**kwargs`` argument is required for future expansion.
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Messages
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--------
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The function must return a list of messages. If no problems are found as a result
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of the check, the check function must return an empty list.
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The warnings and errors raised by the check method must be instances of
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:class:`~django.core.checks.CheckMessage`. An instance of
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:class:`~django.core.checks.CheckMessage` encapsulates a single reportable
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error or warning. It also provides context and hints applicable to the
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message, and a unique identifier that is used for filtering purposes.
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The concept is very similar to messages from the :doc:`message framework
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</ref/contrib/messages>` or the :doc:`logging framework </topics/logging>`.
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Messages are tagged with a ``level`` indicating the severity of the message.
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There are also shortcuts to make creating messages with common levels easier.
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When using these classes you can omit the ``level`` argument because it is
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implied by the class name.
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* :class:`Debug`
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* :class:`Info`
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* :class:`Warning`
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* :class:`Error`
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* :class:`Critical`
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.. _registering-labeling-checks:
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Registering and labeling checks
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-------------------------------
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Lastly, your check function must be registered explicitly with system check
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registry. Checks should be registered in a file that's loaded when your
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application is loaded; for example, in the :meth:`AppConfig.ready()
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<django.apps.AppConfig.ready>` method.
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.. function:: register(*tags)(function)
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You can pass as many tags to ``register`` as you want in order to label your
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check. Tagging checks is useful since it allows you to run only a certain
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group of checks. For example, to register a compatibility check, you would
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make the following call::
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from django.core.checks import register, Tags
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@register(Tags.compatibility)
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def my_check(app_configs, **kwargs):
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# ... perform compatibility checks and collect errors
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return errors
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You can register "deployment checks" that are only relevant to a production
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settings file like this::
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@register(Tags.security, deploy=True)
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def my_check(app_configs, **kwargs): ...
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These checks will only be run if the :option:`check --deploy` option is used.
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You can also use ``register`` as a function rather than a decorator by
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passing a callable object (usually a function) as the first argument
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to ``register``.
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The code below is equivalent to the code above::
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def my_check(app_configs, **kwargs): ...
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register(my_check, Tags.security, deploy=True)
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.. _field-checking:
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Field, model, manager, template engine, and database checks
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-----------------------------------------------------------
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In some cases, you won't need to register your check function -- you can
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piggyback on an existing registration.
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Fields, models, model managers, template engines, and database backends all
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implement a ``check()`` method that is already registered with the check
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framework. If you want to add extra checks, you can extend the implementation
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on the base class, perform any extra checks you need, and append any messages
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to those generated by the base class. It's recommended that you delegate each
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check to separate methods.
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Consider an example where you are implementing a custom field named
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``RangedIntegerField``. This field adds ``min`` and ``max`` arguments to the
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constructor of ``IntegerField``. You may want to add a check to ensure that users
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provide a min value that is less than or equal to the max value. The following
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code snippet shows how you can implement this check::
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from django.core import checks
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from django.db import models
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class RangedIntegerField(models.IntegerField):
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def __init__(self, min=None, max=None, **kwargs):
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super().__init__(**kwargs)
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self.min = min
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self.max = max
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def check(self, **kwargs):
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# Call the superclass
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errors = super().check(**kwargs)
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# Do some custom checks and add messages to `errors`:
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errors.extend(self._check_min_max_values(**kwargs))
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# Return all errors and warnings
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return errors
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def _check_min_max_values(self, **kwargs):
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if self.min is not None and self.max is not None and self.min > self.max:
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return [
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checks.Error(
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"min greater than max.",
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hint="Decrease min or increase max.",
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obj=self,
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id="myapp.E001",
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)
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]
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# When no error, return an empty list
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return []
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If you wanted to add checks to a model manager, you would take the same
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approach on your subclass of :class:`~django.db.models.Manager`.
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If you want to add a check to a model class, the approach is *almost* the same:
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the only difference is that the check is a classmethod, not an instance method::
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class MyModel(models.Model):
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@classmethod
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def check(cls, **kwargs):
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errors = super().check(**kwargs)
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# ... your own checks ...
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return errors
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.. versionchanged:: 5.1
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In older versions, template engines didn't implement a ``check()`` method.
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Writing tests
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-------------
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Messages are comparable. That allows you to easily write tests::
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from django.core.checks import Error
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errors = checked_object.check()
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expected_errors = [
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Error(
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"an error",
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hint="A hint.",
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obj=checked_object,
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id="myapp.E001",
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)
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]
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self.assertEqual(errors, expected_errors)
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Writing integration tests
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Given the need to register certain checks when the application loads, it can be
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useful to test their integration within the system checks framework. This can
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be accomplished by using the :func:`~django.core.management.call_command`
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function.
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For example, this test demonstrates that the :setting:`SITE_ID` setting must be
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an integer, a built-in :ref:`check from the sites framework
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<sites-system-checks>`::
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from django.core.management import call_command
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from django.core.management.base import SystemCheckError
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from django.test import SimpleTestCase, modify_settings, override_settings
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class SystemCheckIntegrationTest(SimpleTestCase):
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@override_settings(SITE_ID="non_integer")
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@modify_settings(INSTALLED_APPS={"prepend": "django.contrib.sites"})
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def test_non_integer_site_id(self):
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message = "(sites.E101) The SITE_ID setting must be an integer."
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with self.assertRaisesMessage(SystemCheckError, message):
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call_command("check")
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Consider the following check which issues a warning on deployment if a custom
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setting named ``ENABLE_ANALYTICS`` is not set to ``True``::
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from django.conf import settings
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from django.core.checks import Warning, register
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@register("myapp", deploy=True)
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def check_enable_analytics_is_true_on_deploy(app_configs, **kwargs):
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errors = []
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if getattr(settings, "ENABLE_ANALYTICS", None) is not True:
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errors.append(
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Warning(
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"The ENABLE_ANALYTICS setting should be set to True in deployment.",
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id="myapp.W001",
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)
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)
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return errors
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Given that this check will not raise a ``SystemCheckError``, the presence of
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the warning message in the ``stderr`` output can be asserted like so::
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from io import StringIO
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from django.core.management import call_command
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from django.test import SimpleTestCase, override_settings
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class EnableAnalyticsDeploymentCheckTest(SimpleTestCase):
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@override_settings(ENABLE_ANALYTICS=None)
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def test_when_set_to_none(self):
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stderr = StringIO()
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call_command("check", "-t", "myapp", "--deploy", stderr=stderr)
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message = (
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"(myapp.W001) The ENABLE_ANALYTICS setting should be set "
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"to True in deployment."
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)
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self.assertIn(message, stderr.getvalue())
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