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| author | Chris Beaven <smileychris@gmail.com> | 2011-07-28 22:10:27 +0000 |
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| committer | Chris Beaven <smileychris@gmail.com> | 2011-07-28 22:10:27 +0000 |
| commit | 41e086cfb5c25901b39e7d0e387ca0a5425868f9 (patch) | |
| tree | e744434f2a101e9a57059395cc2cd231d4cec017 /docs | |
| parent | 2a1874521e92d569d9daf88567247bfbf0fcfc25 (diff) | |
[1.3.X] Fixes #16532 -- Clearer explanation of how the test client expects HTTP headers to be passed. Thanks for the patch, Ricardo Bánffy.
Backport of r16554 from trunk.
git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/releases/1.3.X@16555 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/topics/testing.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/topics/testing.txt b/docs/topics/testing.txt index 165395525a..325e73bb35 100644 --- a/docs/topics/testing.txt +++ b/docs/topics/testing.txt @@ -710,6 +710,15 @@ arguments at time of construction: details view, which is a good way to test code paths that use the :meth:`django.http.HttpRequest.is_ajax()` method. + .. admonition:: CGI specification + + The headers sent via ``**extra`` should follow CGI_ specification. + For example, emulating a different "Host" header as sent in the + HTTP request from the browser to the server should be passed + as ``HTTP_HOST``. + + .. _CGI: http://www.w3.org/CGI/ + If you already have the GET arguments in URL-encoded form, you can use that encoding instead of using the data argument. For example, the previous GET request could also be posed as:: |