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

You can use a temporary file, using tempfile. So you don't need a real file to do your tests.

import tempfile

image = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".jpg").name

If you prefer to do manual clean-up, use tempfile.mkstemp() instead.