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""" example of using the **extra kwarg param to add headers to the test client request """ from django.test.utils import setup_test_environment setup_test_environment() from django.test.client import Client c = Client() #example using a query string param c.get('/some/path/', {'qs_param':'foo'}, **{'HTTP_USER_AGENT':'silly-human', 'REMOTE_ADDR':'127.0.0.1'}) #example without a query string param c.get('/some/path/', **{'HTTP_USER_AGENT':'silly-human', 'REMOTE_ADDR':'127.0.0.1'})

As Simon Willison mentions in his Debugging Django presentation, using the Test Client in the interpreter can be a great way to take a peek at the raw results from a view. In some cases you may need to add additional headers to the request (for instance a piece of middleware may rely on them).

Though it is not mentioned in the reference documentation, a quick peek at the code confirmed my hopes that it would be possible to add data to the request. The Client get and post methods both accept an extra kwargs parameter that allow you to populate the request with additional data.

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luftyluft

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July 3, 2008

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Python

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headers request test testing

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