Use the Django TestCase's Client #1084
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… its TestCase class. This allows GraphQL tests to make use of the stateful client methods like login()
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I'm not sure why .setUpClass had to be called manually here but for same reason, ._pre_setup() should be called to. Otherwise, Django's TestCase doesn't populate TestCase.client.
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Assuming people calling (get attribute) the client with _client in their tests, including myself, i didn't want to break all at once. But i'm not sure how to handle set attribute case, or does it even necessary.
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Not the best file name obviously 🙃 I'm open for recommendations.
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Best I came up with is test_harness, which I didn't think is any better.
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Best I came up with is test_harness, which I didn't think is any better.
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Use the Django Client test utility instance that Django provides with its TestCase class. This allows GraphQL tests to make use of the stateful client methods like login()
Updated version of #886, our oldest open PR.