""" 37. Fixtures. Fixtures are a way of loading data into the database in bulk. Fixure data can be stored in any serializable format (including JSON and XML). Fixtures are identified by name, and are stored in either a directory named 'fixtures' in the application directory, on in one of the directories named in the FIXTURE_DIRS setting. """ from django.db import models from django.conf import settings class Article(models.Model): headline = models.CharField(max_length=100, default='Default headline') pub_date = models.DateTimeField() def __unicode__(self): return self.headline class Meta: ordering = ('-pub_date', 'headline') __test__ = {'API_TESTS': """ >>> from django.core import management >>> from django.db.models import get_app # Reset the database representation of this app. # This will return the database to a clean initial state. >>> management.call_command('flush', verbosity=0, interactive=False) # Syncdb introduces 1 initial data object from initial_data.json. >>> Article.objects.all() [] # Load fixture 1. Single JSON file, with two objects. >>> management.call_command('loaddata', 'fixture1.json', verbosity=0) >>> Article.objects.all() [, , ] # Load fixture 2. JSON file imported by default. Overwrites some existing objects >>> management.call_command('loaddata', 'fixture2.json', verbosity=0) >>> Article.objects.all() [, , , ] # Load fixture 3, XML format. >>> management.call_command('loaddata', 'fixture3.xml', verbosity=0) >>> Article.objects.all() [, , , , ] # Load a fixture that doesn't exist >>> management.call_command('loaddata', 'unknown.json', verbosity=0) # object list is unaffected >>> Article.objects.all() [, , , , ] """} # Database flushing does not work on MySQL with the default storage engine # because it requires transaction support. if settings.DATABASE_ENGINE not in ('mysql', 'mysql_old'): __test__['API_TESTS'] += \ """ # Reset the database representation of this app. This will delete all data. >>> management.call_command('flush', verbosity=0, interactive=False) >>> Article.objects.all() [] # Load fixture 1 again, using format discovery >>> management.call_command('loaddata', 'fixture1', verbosity=0) >>> Article.objects.all() [, , ] # Try to load fixture 2 using format discovery; this will fail # because there are two fixture2's in the fixtures directory >>> management.call_command('loaddata', 'fixture2', verbosity=0) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS Multiple fixtures named 'fixture2' in '...fixtures'. Aborting. >>> Article.objects.all() [, , ] # Dump the current contents of the database as a JSON fixture >>> management.call_command('dumpdata', 'fixtures', format='json') [{"pk": 3, "model": "fixtures.article", "fields": {"headline": "Time to reform copyright", "pub_date": "2006-06-16 13:00:00"}}, {"pk": 2, "model": "fixtures.article", "fields": {"headline": "Poker has no place on ESPN", "pub_date": "2006-06-16 12:00:00"}}, {"pk": 1, "model": "fixtures.article", "fields": {"headline": "Python program becomes self aware", "pub_date": "2006-06-16 11:00:00"}}] """ from django.test import TestCase class SampleTestCase(TestCase): fixtures = ['fixture1.json', 'fixture2.json'] def testClassFixtures(self): "Check that test case has installed 4 fixture objects" self.assertEqual(Article.objects.count(), 4) self.assertEquals(str(Article.objects.all()), "[, , , ]")