Django test FileField using test fixtures

Question

I\'m trying to build tests for some models that have a FileField. The model looks like this:

class SolutionFile(models.Model):
    \'\'\'
    A file from a s         


        

Answer 1

You can override the MEDIA_ROOT setting for your tests using the @override_settings() decorator as documented:

from django.test import override_settings


@override_settings(MEDIA_ROOT='/tmp/django_test')
def test_post_solution_file(self):
  # your code here