Model Bakery: Smart fixtures for better tests
Model Bakery offers you a smart way to create fixtures for testing in Django. With a simple and powerful API, you can create many objects with a single line of code.
Installation
pip install model-bakery
Supported Versions
Model Bakery follows the Python and Django release and support cycles. We drop support for Python and Django versions when they reach end-of-life.
Basic usage
# models.py
from django.db import models
class Customer(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
email = models.EmailField()
age = models.IntegerField()
is_jards_macale_fan = models.BooleanField()
bio = models.TextField()
birthday = models.DateField()
last_shopping = models.DateTimeField()
# test_models.py
from django.test import TestCase
from model_bakery import baker
class TestCustomerModel(TestCase):
def setUp(self):
self.customer = baker.make('shop.Customer')
print(self.customer.__dict__)
"""
{'_state': <django.db.models.base.ModelState object at 0x1129a3240>,
'age': 3841,
'bio': 'vUFzMUMyKzlnTyiCxfgODIhrnkjzgQwHtzIbtnVDKflqevczfnaOACkDNqvCHwvtWdLwoiKrCqfppAlogSLECtMmfleeveyqefkGyTGnpbkVQTtviQVDESpXascHAluGHYEotSypSiHvHzFteKIcUebrzUVigiOacfnGdvijEPrZdSCIIBjuXZMaWLrMXyrsUCdKPLRBRYklRdtZhgtxuASXdhNGhDsrnPHrYRClhrSJSVFojMkUHBvSZhoXoCrTfHsAjenCEHvcLeCecsXwXgWJcnJPSFdOmOpiHRnhSgRF',
'birthday': datetime.date(2019, 12, 3),
'email': 'rpNATNsxoj@example.com',
'is_jards_macale_fan': True,
'id': 1,
'last_shopping': datetime.datetime(2019, 12, 3, 21, 42, 34, 77019),
'name': 'qiayYnESvqcYLLBzxpFOcGBIfnQEPx'}
"""
Documentation
For more detailed information, check out the full documentation.
Contributing
As an open-source project, Model Bakery welcomes contributions of many forms:
- Code patches
- Documentation improvements
- Bug reports
Take a look at our contribution guidelines for instructions on how to set up your local environment.
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License
Model Bakery is licensed under Apache License 2.0. See the LICENSE file for more information.
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