Django testing model with ImageField

Question

I need to test the Photo model of my Django application. How can I mock the ImageField with a test image file?

tests.py

class PhotoT         


        

Answer 1

Tell the mock library to create a mock object based on Django's File class

import mock
from django.core.files import File

file_mock = mock.MagicMock(spec=File, name='FileMock')

and then use in your tests

newPhoto.image = file_mock