How can I disable logging while running unit tests in Python Django?

Question

I am using a simple unit test based test runner to test my Django application.

My application itself is configured to use a basic logger in settings.py using:

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Answer 1

You can put this in the top level directory for unit tests __init__.py file. This will disable logging globally in the unit test suite.

# tests/unit/__init__.py
import logging

logging.disable(logging.CRITICAL)