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-rw-r--r--django/test/client.py282
-rw-r--r--docs/releases/5.1.txt11
-rw-r--r--docs/topics/testing/advanced.txt8
-rw-r--r--docs/topics/testing/tools.txt115
-rw-r--r--tests/test_client/tests.py96
-rw-r--r--tests/test_client_regress/tests.py4
6 files changed, 434 insertions, 82 deletions
diff --git a/django/test/client.py b/django/test/client.py
index 766b60863f..48e0588702 100644
--- a/django/test/client.py
+++ b/django/test/client.py
@@ -381,13 +381,22 @@ class RequestFactory:
just as if that view had been hooked up using a URLconf.
"""
- def __init__(self, *, json_encoder=DjangoJSONEncoder, headers=None, **defaults):
+ def __init__(
+ self,
+ *,
+ json_encoder=DjangoJSONEncoder,
+ headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
+ **defaults,
+ ):
self.json_encoder = json_encoder
self.defaults = defaults
self.cookies = SimpleCookie()
self.errors = BytesIO()
if headers:
self.defaults.update(HttpHeaders.to_wsgi_names(headers))
+ if query_params:
+ self.defaults["QUERY_STRING"] = urlencode(query_params, doseq=True)
def _base_environ(self, **request):
"""
@@ -459,18 +468,21 @@ class RequestFactory:
# Refs comment in `get_bytes_from_wsgi()`.
return path.decode("iso-8859-1")
- def get(self, path, data=None, secure=False, *, headers=None, **extra):
+ def get(
+ self, path, data=None, secure=False, *, headers=None, query_params=None, **extra
+ ):
"""Construct a GET request."""
- data = {} if data is None else data
+ if query_params and data:
+ raise ValueError("query_params and data arguments are mutually exclusive.")
+ query_params = data or query_params
+ query_params = {} if query_params is None else query_params
return self.generic(
"GET",
path,
secure=secure,
headers=headers,
- **{
- "QUERY_STRING": urlencode(data, doseq=True),
- **extra,
- },
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
)
def post(
@@ -481,6 +493,7 @@ class RequestFactory:
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Construct a POST request."""
@@ -494,26 +507,37 @@ class RequestFactory:
content_type,
secure=secure,
headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
**extra,
)
- def head(self, path, data=None, secure=False, *, headers=None, **extra):
+ def head(
+ self, path, data=None, secure=False, *, headers=None, query_params=None, **extra
+ ):
"""Construct a HEAD request."""
- data = {} if data is None else data
+ if query_params and data:
+ raise ValueError("query_params and data arguments are mutually exclusive.")
+ query_params = data or query_params
+ query_params = {} if query_params is None else query_params
return self.generic(
"HEAD",
path,
secure=secure,
headers=headers,
- **{
- "QUERY_STRING": urlencode(data, doseq=True),
- **extra,
- },
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
)
- def trace(self, path, secure=False, *, headers=None, **extra):
+ def trace(self, path, secure=False, *, headers=None, query_params=None, **extra):
"""Construct a TRACE request."""
- return self.generic("TRACE", path, secure=secure, headers=headers, **extra)
+ return self.generic(
+ "TRACE",
+ path,
+ secure=secure,
+ headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
+ )
def options(
self,
@@ -523,11 +547,19 @@ class RequestFactory:
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"Construct an OPTIONS request."
return self.generic(
- "OPTIONS", path, data, content_type, secure=secure, headers=headers, **extra
+ "OPTIONS",
+ path,
+ data,
+ content_type,
+ secure=secure,
+ headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
)
def put(
@@ -538,12 +570,20 @@ class RequestFactory:
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Construct a PUT request."""
data = self._encode_json(data, content_type)
return self.generic(
- "PUT", path, data, content_type, secure=secure, headers=headers, **extra
+ "PUT",
+ path,
+ data,
+ content_type,
+ secure=secure,
+ headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
)
def patch(
@@ -554,12 +594,20 @@ class RequestFactory:
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Construct a PATCH request."""
data = self._encode_json(data, content_type)
return self.generic(
- "PATCH", path, data, content_type, secure=secure, headers=headers, **extra
+ "PATCH",
+ path,
+ data,
+ content_type,
+ secure=secure,
+ headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
)
def delete(
@@ -570,12 +618,20 @@ class RequestFactory:
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Construct a DELETE request."""
data = self._encode_json(data, content_type)
return self.generic(
- "DELETE", path, data, content_type, secure=secure, headers=headers, **extra
+ "DELETE",
+ path,
+ data,
+ content_type,
+ secure=secure,
+ headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
)
def generic(
@@ -587,6 +643,7 @@ class RequestFactory:
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Construct an arbitrary HTTP request."""
@@ -608,6 +665,8 @@ class RequestFactory:
)
if headers:
extra.update(HttpHeaders.to_wsgi_names(headers))
+ if query_params:
+ extra["QUERY_STRING"] = urlencode(query_params, doseq=True)
r.update(extra)
# If QUERY_STRING is absent or empty, we want to extract it from the URL.
if not r.get("QUERY_STRING"):
@@ -685,6 +744,7 @@ class AsyncRequestFactory(RequestFactory):
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Construct an arbitrary HTTP request."""
@@ -705,18 +765,20 @@ class AsyncRequestFactory(RequestFactory):
]
)
s["_body_file"] = FakePayload(data)
- if query_string := extra.pop("QUERY_STRING", None):
+ if query_params:
+ s["query_string"] = urlencode(query_params, doseq=True)
+ elif query_string := extra.pop("QUERY_STRING", None):
s["query_string"] = query_string
+ else:
+ # If QUERY_STRING is absent or empty, we want to extract it from
+ # the URL.
+ s["query_string"] = parsed[4]
if headers:
extra.update(HttpHeaders.to_asgi_names(headers))
s["headers"] += [
(key.lower().encode("ascii"), value.encode("latin1"))
for key, value in extra.items()
]
- # If QUERY_STRING is absent or empty, we want to extract it from the
- # URL.
- if not s.get("query_string"):
- s["query_string"] = parsed[4]
return self.request(**s)
@@ -889,7 +951,14 @@ class ClientMixin:
return response._json
def _follow_redirect(
- self, response, *, data="", content_type="", headers=None, **extra
+ self,
+ response,
+ *,
+ data="",
+ content_type="",
+ headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
+ **extra,
):
"""Follow a single redirect contained in response using GET."""
response_url = response.url
@@ -934,6 +1003,7 @@ class ClientMixin:
content_type=content_type,
follow=False,
headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
**extra,
)
@@ -978,9 +1048,10 @@ class Client(ClientMixin, RequestFactory):
raise_request_exception=True,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**defaults,
):
- super().__init__(headers=headers, **defaults)
+ super().__init__(headers=headers, query_params=query_params, **defaults)
self.handler = ClientHandler(enforce_csrf_checks)
self.raise_request_exception = raise_request_exception
self.exc_info = None
@@ -1042,15 +1113,23 @@ class Client(ClientMixin, RequestFactory):
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Request a response from the server using GET."""
self.extra = extra
self.headers = headers
- response = super().get(path, data=data, secure=secure, headers=headers, **extra)
+ response = super().get(
+ path,
+ data=data,
+ secure=secure,
+ headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
+ )
if follow:
response = self._handle_redirects(
- response, data=data, headers=headers, **extra
+ response, data=data, headers=headers, query_params=query_params, **extra
)
return response
@@ -1063,6 +1142,7 @@ class Client(ClientMixin, RequestFactory):
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Request a response from the server using POST."""
@@ -1074,11 +1154,17 @@ class Client(ClientMixin, RequestFactory):
content_type=content_type,
secure=secure,
headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
**extra,
)
if follow:
response = self._handle_redirects(
- response, data=data, content_type=content_type, headers=headers, **extra
+ response,
+ data=data,
+ content_type=content_type,
+ headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
)
return response
@@ -1090,17 +1176,23 @@ class Client(ClientMixin, RequestFactory):
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Request a response from the server using HEAD."""
self.extra = extra
self.headers = headers
response = super().head(
- path, data=data, secure=secure, headers=headers, **extra
+ path,
+ data=data,
+ secure=secure,
+ headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
)
if follow:
response = self._handle_redirects(
- response, data=data, headers=headers, **extra
+ response, data=data, headers=headers, query_params=query_params, **extra
)
return response
@@ -1113,6 +1205,7 @@ class Client(ClientMixin, RequestFactory):
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Request a response from the server using OPTIONS."""
@@ -1124,11 +1217,17 @@ class Client(ClientMixin, RequestFactory):
content_type=content_type,
secure=secure,
headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
**extra,
)
if follow:
response = self._handle_redirects(
- response, data=data, content_type=content_type, headers=headers, **extra
+ response,
+ data=data,
+ content_type=content_type,
+ headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
)
return response
@@ -1141,6 +1240,7 @@ class Client(ClientMixin, RequestFactory):
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Send a resource to the server using PUT."""
@@ -1152,11 +1252,17 @@ class Client(ClientMixin, RequestFactory):
content_type=content_type,
secure=secure,
headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
**extra,
)
if follow:
response = self._handle_redirects(
- response, data=data, content_type=content_type, headers=headers, **extra
+ response,
+ data=data,
+ content_type=content_type,
+ headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
)
return response
@@ -1169,6 +1275,7 @@ class Client(ClientMixin, RequestFactory):
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Send a resource to the server using PATCH."""
@@ -1180,11 +1287,17 @@ class Client(ClientMixin, RequestFactory):
content_type=content_type,
secure=secure,
headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
**extra,
)
if follow:
response = self._handle_redirects(
- response, data=data, content_type=content_type, headers=headers, **extra
+ response,
+ data=data,
+ content_type=content_type,
+ headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
)
return response
@@ -1197,6 +1310,7 @@ class Client(ClientMixin, RequestFactory):
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Send a DELETE request to the server."""
@@ -1208,11 +1322,17 @@ class Client(ClientMixin, RequestFactory):
content_type=content_type,
secure=secure,
headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
**extra,
)
if follow:
response = self._handle_redirects(
- response, data=data, content_type=content_type, headers=headers, **extra
+ response,
+ data=data,
+ content_type=content_type,
+ headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
)
return response
@@ -1224,17 +1344,23 @@ class Client(ClientMixin, RequestFactory):
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Send a TRACE request to the server."""
self.extra = extra
self.headers = headers
response = super().trace(
- path, data=data, secure=secure, headers=headers, **extra
+ path,
+ data=data,
+ secure=secure,
+ headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
)
if follow:
response = self._handle_redirects(
- response, data=data, headers=headers, **extra
+ response, data=data, headers=headers, query_params=query_params, **extra
)
return response
@@ -1244,6 +1370,7 @@ class Client(ClientMixin, RequestFactory):
data="",
content_type="",
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""
@@ -1257,6 +1384,7 @@ class Client(ClientMixin, RequestFactory):
data=data,
content_type=content_type,
headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
**extra,
)
response.redirect_chain = redirect_chain
@@ -1278,9 +1406,10 @@ class AsyncClient(ClientMixin, AsyncRequestFactory):
raise_request_exception=True,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**defaults,
):
- super().__init__(headers=headers, **defaults)
+ super().__init__(headers=headers, query_params=query_params, **defaults)
self.handler = AsyncClientHandler(enforce_csrf_checks)
self.raise_request_exception = raise_request_exception
self.exc_info = None
@@ -1341,17 +1470,23 @@ class AsyncClient(ClientMixin, AsyncRequestFactory):
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Request a response from the server using GET."""
self.extra = extra
self.headers = headers
response = await super().get(
- path, data=data, secure=secure, headers=headers, **extra
+ path,
+ data=data,
+ secure=secure,
+ headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
)
if follow:
response = await self._ahandle_redirects(
- response, data=data, headers=headers, **extra
+ response, data=data, headers=headers, query_params=query_params, **extra
)
return response
@@ -1364,6 +1499,7 @@ class AsyncClient(ClientMixin, AsyncRequestFactory):
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Request a response from the server using POST."""
@@ -1375,11 +1511,17 @@ class AsyncClient(ClientMixin, AsyncRequestFactory):
content_type=content_type,
secure=secure,
headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
**extra,
)
if follow:
response = await self._ahandle_redirects(
- response, data=data, content_type=content_type, headers=headers, **extra
+ response,
+ data=data,
+ content_type=content_type,
+ headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
)
return response
@@ -1391,17 +1533,23 @@ class AsyncClient(ClientMixin, AsyncRequestFactory):
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Request a response from the server using HEAD."""
self.extra = extra
self.headers = headers
response = await super().head(
- path, data=data, secure=secure, headers=headers, **extra
+ path,
+ data=data,
+ secure=secure,
+ headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
)
if follow:
response = await self._ahandle_redirects(
- response, data=data, headers=headers, **extra
+ response, data=data, headers=headers, query_params=query_params, **extra
)
return response
@@ -1414,6 +1562,7 @@ class AsyncClient(ClientMixin, AsyncRequestFactory):
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Request a response from the server using OPTIONS."""
@@ -1425,11 +1574,17 @@ class AsyncClient(ClientMixin, AsyncRequestFactory):
content_type=content_type,
secure=secure,
headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
**extra,
)
if follow:
response = await self._ahandle_redirects(
- response, data=data, content_type=content_type, headers=headers, **extra
+ response,
+ data=data,
+ content_type=content_type,
+ headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
)
return response
@@ -1442,6 +1597,7 @@ class AsyncClient(ClientMixin, AsyncRequestFactory):
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Send a resource to the server using PUT."""
@@ -1453,11 +1609,17 @@ class AsyncClient(ClientMixin, AsyncRequestFactory):
content_type=content_type,
secure=secure,
headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
**extra,
)
if follow:
response = await self._ahandle_redirects(
- response, data=data, content_type=content_type, headers=headers, **extra
+ response,
+ data=data,
+ content_type=content_type,
+ headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
)
return response
@@ -1470,6 +1632,7 @@ class AsyncClient(ClientMixin, AsyncRequestFactory):
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Send a resource to the server using PATCH."""
@@ -1481,11 +1644,17 @@ class AsyncClient(ClientMixin, AsyncRequestFactory):
content_type=content_type,
secure=secure,
headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
**extra,
)
if follow:
response = await self._ahandle_redirects(
- response, data=data, content_type=content_type, headers=headers, **extra
+ response,
+ data=data,
+ content_type=content_type,
+ headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
)
return response
@@ -1498,6 +1667,7 @@ class AsyncClient(ClientMixin, AsyncRequestFactory):
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Send a DELETE request to the server."""
@@ -1509,11 +1679,17 @@ class AsyncClient(ClientMixin, AsyncRequestFactory):
content_type=content_type,
secure=secure,
headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
**extra,
)
if follow:
response = await self._ahandle_redirects(
- response, data=data, content_type=content_type, headers=headers, **extra
+ response,
+ data=data,
+ content_type=content_type,
+ headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
)
return response
@@ -1525,17 +1701,23 @@ class AsyncClient(ClientMixin, AsyncRequestFactory):
secure=False,
*,
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""Send a TRACE request to the server."""
self.extra = extra
self.headers = headers
response = await super().trace(
- path, data=data, secure=secure, headers=headers, **extra
+ path,
+ data=data,
+ secure=secure,
+ headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
+ **extra,
)
if follow:
response = await self._ahandle_redirects(
- response, data=data, headers=headers, **extra
+ response, data=data, headers=headers, query_params=query_params, **extra
)
return response
@@ -1545,6 +1727,7 @@ class AsyncClient(ClientMixin, AsyncRequestFactory):
data="",
content_type="",
headers=None,
+ query_params=None,
**extra,
):
"""
@@ -1558,6 +1741,7 @@ class AsyncClient(ClientMixin, AsyncRequestFactory):
data=data,
content_type=content_type,
headers=headers,
+ query_params=query_params,
**extra,
)
response.redirect_chain = redirect_chain
diff --git a/docs/releases/5.1.txt b/docs/releases/5.1.txt
index b90808be3c..dc48321f5c 100644
--- a/docs/releases/5.1.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/5.1.txt
@@ -224,6 +224,17 @@ Tests
* The Django test runner now supports a ``--screenshots`` option to save
screenshots for Selenium tests.
+* The :class:`~django.test.RequestFactory`,
+ :class:`~django.test.AsyncRequestFactory`, :class:`~django.test.Client`, and
+ :class:`~django.test.AsyncClient` classes now support the ``query_params``
+ parameter, which accepts a dictionary of query string keys and values. This
+ allows setting query strings on any HTTP methods more easily.
+
+ .. code-block:: python
+
+ self.client.post("/items/1", query_params={"action": "delete"})
+ await self.async_client.post("/items/1", query_params={"action": "delete"})
+
URLs
~~~~
diff --git a/docs/topics/testing/advanced.txt b/docs/topics/testing/advanced.txt
index 6f3f54e341..d889bd02ee 100644
--- a/docs/topics/testing/advanced.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/testing/advanced.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ restricted subset of the test client API:
attributes must be supplied by the test itself if required
for the view to function properly.
+.. versionchanged:: 5.1
+
+ The ``query_params`` parameter was added.
+
Example
-------
@@ -85,6 +89,10 @@ difference being that it returns ``ASGIRequest`` instances rather than
Arbitrary keyword arguments in ``defaults`` are added directly into the ASGI
scope.
+.. versionchanged:: 5.1
+
+ The ``query_params`` parameter was added.
+
Testing class-based views
=========================
diff --git a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
index a171941a85..b01dd35b8c 100644
--- a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Making requests
Use the ``django.test.Client`` class to make requests.
-.. class:: Client(enforce_csrf_checks=False, raise_request_exception=True, json_encoder=DjangoJSONEncoder, *, headers=None, **defaults)
+.. class:: Client(enforce_csrf_checks=False, raise_request_exception=True, json_encoder=DjangoJSONEncoder, *, headers=None, query_params=None, **defaults)
A testing HTTP client. Takes several arguments that can customize behavior.
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ Use the ``django.test.Client`` class to make requests.
client = Client(headers={"user-agent": "curl/7.79.1"})
+ ``query_params`` allows you to specify the default query string that will
+ be set on every request.
+
Arbitrary keyword arguments in ``**defaults`` set WSGI
:pep:`environ variables <3333#environ-variables>`. For example, to set the
script name::
@@ -140,8 +143,8 @@ Use the ``django.test.Client`` class to make requests.
Keyword arguments starting with a ``HTTP_`` prefix are set as headers,
but the ``headers`` parameter should be preferred for readability.
- The values from the ``headers`` and ``extra`` keyword arguments passed to
- :meth:`~django.test.Client.get()`,
+ The values from the ``headers``, ``query_params``, and ``extra`` keyword
+ arguments passed to :meth:`~django.test.Client.get()`,
:meth:`~django.test.Client.post()`, etc. have precedence over
the defaults passed to the class constructor.
@@ -155,21 +158,25 @@ Use the ``django.test.Client`` class to make requests.
The ``json_encoder`` argument allows setting a custom JSON encoder for
the JSON serialization that's described in :meth:`post`.
+ .. versionchanged:: 5.1
+
+ The ``query_params`` argument was added.
+
Once you have a ``Client`` instance, you can call any of the following
methods:
- .. method:: Client.get(path, data=None, follow=False, secure=False, *, headers=None, **extra)
+ .. method:: Client.get(path, data=None, follow=False, secure=False, *, headers=None, query_params=None, **extra)
Makes a GET request on the provided ``path`` and returns a ``Response``
object, which is documented below.
- The key-value pairs in the ``data`` dictionary are used to create a GET
- data payload. For example:
+ The key-value pairs in the ``query_params`` dictionary are used to set
+ query strings. For example:
.. code-block:: pycon
>>> c = Client()
- >>> c.get("/customers/details/", {"name": "fred", "age": 7})
+ >>> c.get("/customers/details/", query_params={"name": "fred", "age": 7})
...will result in the evaluation of a GET request equivalent to:
@@ -177,6 +184,10 @@ Use the ``django.test.Client`` class to make requests.
/customers/details/?name=fred&age=7
+ It is also possible to pass these parameters into the ``data``
+ parameter. However, ``query_params`` is preferred as it works for any
+ HTTP method.
+
The ``headers`` parameter can be used to specify headers to be sent in
the request. For example:
@@ -185,7 +196,7 @@ Use the ``django.test.Client`` class to make requests.
>>> c = Client()
>>> c.get(
... "/customers/details/",
- ... {"name": "fred", "age": 7},
+ ... query_params={"name": "fred", "age": 7},
... headers={"accept": "application/json"},
... )
@@ -211,8 +222,8 @@ Use the ``django.test.Client`` class to make requests.
>>> c = Client()
>>> c.get("/customers/details/?name=fred&age=7")
- If you provide a URL with both an encoded GET data and a data argument,
- the data argument will take precedence.
+ If you provide a URL with both an encoded GET data and either a
+ query_params or data argument these arguments will take precedence.
If you set ``follow`` to ``True`` the client will follow any redirects
and a ``redirect_chain`` attribute will be set in the response object
@@ -230,7 +241,11 @@ Use the ``django.test.Client`` class to make requests.
If you set ``secure`` to ``True`` the client will emulate an HTTPS
request.
- .. method:: Client.post(path, data=None, content_type=MULTIPART_CONTENT, follow=False, secure=False, *, headers=None, **extra)
+ .. versionchanged:: 5.1
+
+ The ``query_params`` argument was added.
+
+ .. method:: Client.post(path, data=None, content_type=MULTIPART_CONTENT, follow=False, secure=False, *, headers=None, query_params=None, **extra)
Makes a POST request on the provided ``path`` and returns a
``Response`` object, which is documented below.
@@ -321,8 +336,8 @@ Use the ``django.test.Client`` class to make requests.
such as an image, this means you will need to open the file in
``rb`` (read binary) mode.
- The ``headers`` and ``extra`` parameters acts the same as for
- :meth:`Client.get`.
+ The ``headers``, ``query_params``, and ``extra`` parameters acts the
+ same as for :meth:`Client.get`.
If the URL you request with a POST contains encoded parameters, these
parameters will be made available in the request.GET data. For example,
@@ -330,7 +345,9 @@ Use the ``django.test.Client`` class to make requests.
.. code-block:: pycon
- >>> c.post("/login/?visitor=true", {"name": "fred", "passwd": "secret"})
+ >>> c.post(
+ ... "/login/", {"name": "fred", "passwd": "secret"}, query_params={"visitor": "true"}
+ ... )
... the view handling this request could interrogate request.POST
to retrieve the username and password, and could interrogate request.GET
@@ -343,14 +360,22 @@ Use the ``django.test.Client`` class to make requests.
If you set ``secure`` to ``True`` the client will emulate an HTTPS
request.
- .. method:: Client.head(path, data=None, follow=False, secure=False, *, headers=None, **extra)
+ .. versionchanged:: 5.1
+
+ The ``query_params`` argument was added.
+
+ .. method:: Client.head(path, data=None, follow=False, secure=False, *, headers=None, query_params=None, **extra)
Makes a HEAD request on the provided ``path`` and returns a
``Response`` object. This method works just like :meth:`Client.get`,
- including the ``follow``, ``secure``, ``headers``, and ``extra``
- parameters, except it does not return a message body.
+ including the ``follow``, ``secure``, ``headers``, ``query_params``,
+ and ``extra`` parameters, except it does not return a message body.
- .. method:: Client.options(path, data='', content_type='application/octet-stream', follow=False, secure=False, *, headers=None, **extra)
+ .. versionchanged:: 5.1
+
+ The ``query_params`` argument was added.
+
+ .. method:: Client.options(path, data='', content_type='application/octet-stream', follow=False, secure=False, *, headers=None, query_params=None, **extra)
Makes an OPTIONS request on the provided ``path`` and returns a
``Response`` object. Useful for testing RESTful interfaces.
@@ -358,10 +383,14 @@ Use the ``django.test.Client`` class to make requests.
When ``data`` is provided, it is used as the request body, and
a ``Content-Type`` header is set to ``content_type``.
- The ``follow``, ``secure``, ``headers``, and ``extra`` parameters act
- the same as for :meth:`Client.get`.
+ The ``follow``, ``secure``, ``headers``, ``query_params``, and
+ ``extra`` parameters act the same as for :meth:`Client.get`.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 5.1
- .. method:: Client.put(path, data='', content_type='application/octet-stream', follow=False, secure=False, *, headers=None, **extra)
+ The ``query_params`` argument was added.
+
+ .. method:: Client.put(path, data='', content_type='application/octet-stream', follow=False, secure=False, *, headers=None, query_params=None, **extra)
Makes a PUT request on the provided ``path`` and returns a
``Response`` object. Useful for testing RESTful interfaces.
@@ -369,18 +398,26 @@ Use the ``django.test.Client`` class to make requests.
When ``data`` is provided, it is used as the request body, and
a ``Content-Type`` header is set to ``content_type``.
- The ``follow``, ``secure``, ``headers``, and ``extra`` parameters act
- the same as for :meth:`Client.get`.
+ The ``follow``, ``secure``, ``headers``, ``query_params``, and
+ ``extra`` parameters act the same as for :meth:`Client.get`.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 5.1
+
+ The ``query_params`` argument was added.
- .. method:: Client.patch(path, data='', content_type='application/octet-stream', follow=False, secure=False, *, headers=None, **extra)
+ .. method:: Client.patch(path, data='', content_type='application/octet-stream', follow=False, secure=False, *, headers=None, query_params=None, **extra)
Makes a PATCH request on the provided ``path`` and returns a
``Response`` object. Useful for testing RESTful interfaces.
- The ``follow``, ``secure``, ``headers``, and ``extra`` parameters act
- the same as for :meth:`Client.get`.
+ The ``follow``, ``secure``, ``headers``, ``query_params``, and
+ ``extra`` parameters act the same as for :meth:`Client.get`.
- .. method:: Client.delete(path, data='', content_type='application/octet-stream', follow=False, secure=False, *, headers=None, **extra)
+ .. versionchanged:: 5.1
+
+ The ``query_params`` argument was added.
+
+ .. method:: Client.delete(path, data='', content_type='application/octet-stream', follow=False, secure=False, *, headers=None, query_params=None, **extra)
Makes a DELETE request on the provided ``path`` and returns a
``Response`` object. Useful for testing RESTful interfaces.
@@ -388,10 +425,14 @@ Use the ``django.test.Client`` class to make requests.
When ``data`` is provided, it is used as the request body, and
a ``Content-Type`` header is set to ``content_type``.
- The ``follow``, ``secure``, ``headers``, and ``extra`` parameters act
- the same as for :meth:`Client.get`.
+ The ``follow``, ``secure``, ``headers``, ``query_params``, and
+ ``extra`` parameters act the same as for :meth:`Client.get`.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 5.1
- .. method:: Client.trace(path, follow=False, secure=False, *, headers=None, **extra)
+ The ``query_params`` argument was added.
+
+ .. method:: Client.trace(path, follow=False, secure=False, *, headers=None, query_params=None, **extra)
Makes a TRACE request on the provided ``path`` and returns a
``Response`` object. Useful for simulating diagnostic probes.
@@ -400,8 +441,12 @@ Use the ``django.test.Client`` class to make requests.
parameter in order to comply with :rfc:`9110#section-9.3.8`, which
mandates that TRACE requests must not have a body.
- The ``follow``, ``secure``, ``headers``, and ``extra`` parameters act
- the same as for :meth:`Client.get`.
+ The ``follow``, ``secure``, ``headers``, ``query_params``, and
+ ``extra`` parameters act the same as for :meth:`Client.get`.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 5.1
+
+ The ``query_params`` argument was added.
.. method:: Client.login(**credentials)
.. method:: Client.alogin(**credentials)
@@ -1997,7 +2042,7 @@ If you are testing from an asynchronous function, you must also use the
asynchronous test client. This is available as ``django.test.AsyncClient``,
or as ``self.async_client`` on any test.
-.. class:: AsyncClient(enforce_csrf_checks=False, raise_request_exception=True, *, headers=None, **defaults)
+.. class:: AsyncClient(enforce_csrf_checks=False, raise_request_exception=True, *, headers=None, query_params=None, **defaults)
``AsyncClient`` has the same methods and signatures as the synchronous (normal)
test client, with the following exceptions:
@@ -2017,6 +2062,10 @@ test client, with the following exceptions:
Support for the ``follow`` parameter was added to the ``AsyncClient``.
+.. versionchanged:: 5.1
+
+ The ``query_params`` argument was added.
+
Using ``AsyncClient`` any method that makes a request must be awaited::
async def test_my_thing(self):
diff --git a/tests/test_client/tests.py b/tests/test_client/tests.py
index 15f5cbe44e..cfd040f7bc 100644
--- a/tests/test_client/tests.py
+++ b/tests/test_client/tests.py
@@ -1002,6 +1002,36 @@ class ClientTest(TestCase):
)
self.assertEqual(response.content, b"named_temp_file")
+ def test_query_params(self):
+ tests = (
+ "get",
+ "post",
+ "put",
+ "patch",
+ "delete",
+ "head",
+ "options",
+ "trace",
+ )
+ for method in tests:
+ with self.subTest(method=method):
+ client_method = getattr(self.client, method)
+ response = client_method("/get_view/", query_params={"example": "data"})
+ self.assertEqual(response.wsgi_request.GET["example"], "data")
+
+ def test_cannot_use_data_and_query_params_together(self):
+ tests = ["get", "head"]
+ msg = "query_params and data arguments are mutually exclusive."
+ for method in tests:
+ with self.subTest(method=method):
+ client_method = getattr(self.client, method)
+ with self.assertRaisesMessage(ValueError, msg):
+ client_method(
+ "/get_view/",
+ data={"example": "data"},
+ query_params={"q": "terms"},
+ )
+
@override_settings(
MIDDLEWARE=["django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware"],
@@ -1127,6 +1157,23 @@ class RequestFactoryTest(SimpleTestCase):
self.assertEqual(request.headers["x-another-header"], "some other value")
self.assertIn("HTTP_X_ANOTHER_HEADER", request.META)
+ def test_request_factory_query_params(self):
+ tests = (
+ "get",
+ "post",
+ "put",
+ "patch",
+ "delete",
+ "head",
+ "options",
+ "trace",
+ )
+ for method in tests:
+ with self.subTest(method=method):
+ factory = getattr(self.request_factory, method)
+ request = factory("/somewhere", query_params={"example": "data"})
+ self.assertEqual(request.GET["example"], "data")
+
@override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF="test_client.urls")
class AsyncClientTest(TestCase):
@@ -1183,6 +1230,25 @@ class AsyncClientTest(TestCase):
response = await self.async_client.get("/post_view/")
self.assertContains(response, "Viewing GET page.")
+ async def test_query_params(self):
+ tests = (
+ "get",
+ "post",
+ "put",
+ "patch",
+ "delete",
+ "head",
+ "options",
+ "trace",
+ )
+ for method in tests:
+ with self.subTest(method=method):
+ client_method = getattr(self.async_client, method)
+ response = await client_method(
+ "/async_get_view/", query_params={"example": "data"}
+ )
+ self.assertEqual(response.asgi_request.GET["example"], "data")
+
@override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF="test_client.urls")
class AsyncRequestFactoryTest(SimpleTestCase):
@@ -1264,3 +1330,33 @@ class AsyncRequestFactoryTest(SimpleTestCase):
request = self.request_factory.get("/somewhere/", {"example": "data"})
self.assertNotIn("Query-String", request.headers)
self.assertEqual(request.GET["example"], "data")
+
+ def test_request_factory_query_params(self):
+ tests = (
+ "get",
+ "post",
+ "put",
+ "patch",
+ "delete",
+ "head",
+ "options",
+ "trace",
+ )
+ for method in tests:
+ with self.subTest(method=method):
+ factory = getattr(self.request_factory, method)
+ request = factory("/somewhere", query_params={"example": "data"})
+ self.assertEqual(request.GET["example"], "data")
+
+ def test_cannot_use_data_and_query_params_together(self):
+ tests = ["get", "head"]
+ msg = "query_params and data arguments are mutually exclusive."
+ for method in tests:
+ with self.subTest(method=method):
+ factory = getattr(self.request_factory, method)
+ with self.assertRaisesMessage(ValueError, msg):
+ factory(
+ "/somewhere",
+ data={"example": "data"},
+ query_params={"q": "terms"},
+ )
diff --git a/tests/test_client_regress/tests.py b/tests/test_client_regress/tests.py
index d5b9807f4d..a3545ebfc7 100644
--- a/tests/test_client_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/test_client_regress/tests.py
@@ -1197,6 +1197,10 @@ class QueryStringTests(SimpleTestCase):
self.assertEqual(response.context["get-foo"], "whiz")
self.assertIsNone(response.context["post-foo"])
+ response = self.client.post("/request_data/", query_params={"foo": "whiz"})
+ self.assertEqual(response.context["get-foo"], "whiz")
+ self.assertIsNone(response.context["post-foo"])
+
# POST data provided in the URL augments actual form data
response = self.client.post("/request_data/?foo=whiz", data={"foo": "bang"})
self.assertEqual(response.context["get-foo"], "whiz")