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

In my case I have a settings file settings/test.py created specifically for testing purposes, here's what it looks like:

from .base import *

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': 'test_db'
    }
}

PASSWORD_HASHERS = (
    'django.contrib.auth.hashers.MD5PasswordHasher',
)

LOGGING = {}

I put an environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=settings.test to /etc/environment.