loading fixtures for django tests

I want to use some fixtures in my tests.

I have cms_sample app and a fixt开发者_开发技巧ures folder inside with: cms_sample_data.xml

I use the following in my test.py:

class Functionality(TestCase): 
    fixtures = ['cms_sample_data'] 

I do use TestCase of django.tests and not unittest.

But the fixtures are not loaded. What am I missing?

Forgot the xml-extension?

class Functionality(TestCase): fixtures = ['cms_sample_data.xml']

perhaps your cms_sample_data file is error. you can use this comand: manage.py loaddata cms_sample_data

to check the file.

I had a similar problem while learning about this subject on Django's docs. How I solved it was changing the format file that stored my fixture to the proper format. Originally, I saved the fixture was an ordinary text file with the name "test_db.json". Once I realized this, I changed the ".txt" file into a ".JSON" file. It began to load the fixture on its own once I typed in the "./manage.py test" command.

Are you using multiple databases? If so, your test might need to set the multi_db property:

multi_db = True