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.
Maintainers
Contributors
Model Bakery is built by its community. See the full list of contributors.
Project history
Model Bakery was originally created by Vanderson Mota as Model Mommy. The project was previously maintained in the berinhard/model_mommy repository before being renamed and moved here.
Sponsors
License
Model Bakery is licensed under Apache License 2.0. See the LICENSE file for more information.
2 maintainers
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