[1.7.x] Fixed #23601 -- Ensured view exists in URLconf before importing it in admindocs.

Backport of 2f16ff5a6c from master

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/admin_docs/tests.py b/tests/admin_docs/tests.py
index 93e49e0eb5..5808d91a95 100644
--- a/tests/admin_docs/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_docs/tests.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import sys
 import unittest
 
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -79,6 +80,16 @@ class AdminDocViewTests(TestCase):
         # View docstring
         self.assertContains(response, 'Base view for admindocs views.')
 
+    def test_view_detail_illegal_import(self):
+        """
+        #23601 - Ensure the view exists in the URLconf.
+        """
+        response = self.client.get(
+            reverse('django-admindocs-views-detail',
+                    args=['urlpatterns_reverse.nonimported_module.view']))
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 404)
+        self.assertNotIn("urlpatterns_reverse.nonimported_module", sys.modules)
+
     def test_model_index(self):
         response = self.client.get(reverse('django-admindocs-models-index'))
         self.assertContains(