Using Basic HTTP access authentication in Django testing framework

Question

For some of my Django views I\'ve created a decorator that performs Basic HTTP access authentication. However, while writing test cases in Django, it took me a while to wor

Answer 1

Assuming I have a login form, I use the following technique to login through the test framework:

    client = Client()
    client.post('/login/', {'username': 'john.smith', 'password': 'secret'})

I then carry the client around in my other tests since it's already authenticated. What is your question to this post?